Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle

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Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle,

ca. 17th century

Nepalese
2021-40 a-b

Information

Title
Pair of manuscript covers depicting the “Mahishasuramardini” Durga cycle
Dates

ca. 17th century

Medium
Wood with opaque watercolor
Dimensions
each: 11.5 × 51 cm (4 1/2 × 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2021-40 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Nepal

Culture
Nepalese
Type
manuscripts, paintings
Materials
watercolor, wood
Subject
deities, goddesses, mythical or legendary beings, archways, iconography, women, figures (representations), animals

–1973 Ulrich von Schroeder, (Switzerland), sold to Dr. Richard Ernst (Switzerland) April 27, 1973.

1973–2018 Dr. Richard Ernst (Switzerland), sold to Prahlad Bubbar (London, United Kingdom), 2018.

2018–2021 Prahlad Bubbar (London, United Kingdom), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

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