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Kumari and King in Lovemaking Position - Nepal (Probably Bhaktapur), Late 18th Century
Source: philamuseum.org
Amorous Couple Making Love on a Cushion - Miniature Painting, Nepal, 15th Century
Credit: christies.com
A Gilt Copper Figure of Yogambara - Nepal, c13th Century
Entwined in a lovers' embrace, Yogambara and Jnanadakini symbolize blissful transcendence, the experiential goal and highest teaching of Esoteric Buddhism.
The three-headed, six-armed god caresses Jnanadakini's breast with one hand, holding the skullcup, arrow (now missing), bow, bell, and thunderbolt scepter (vajra) in arms held with a dancer's poise, Jnanadakini meets Yogambara's gaze as she wraps herself around his torso, both deities' belts are unhooked, their clasps ajar at their backs.
Source: bonhams.com
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Gods Paying Homage to Shiva and Krishna - Nepal 19th Century
The white-skinned Hindu god Shiva sits in his usual attire on his bull Nandi, accompanied by two goddesses -- one with red skin, the other with green skin -- both seated on lions. He is greeted by his sons, the elephant-headed Ganesh on the left and the red-skinned Skanda on the right. They are on the stylized rocks of Mt. Kailasa, and the river Ganga pours from Shiva's head and down the mountain. Numerous small figures of gods and ascetics appear on the rocks below, and larger figures of an ascetic, Brahma, and Sarasvati (?) appear on the green hills above.
Under another tree to the right, a large figure of blue-skinned Krishna stands playing his flute. Part of this figure is now lost, but presumably the painting originally extended for at least another ten inches to include the rest of Krishna's retinue. Two female figures attend Krishna at the left and scenes from Krishna's infancy appear below a body of water that may represent the Jamuna river. Numerous figures of seated ascetics and kings appear in the hills above.
In the lower register, against a red ground, two male and five female donor figures sit at either side of an altar with a priest and all the implements of puja. To the left stands an elephant. To the right, the male donors and priest are repeated, presumably to pay equal homage to Krishna as to Shiva.
Medium: Watercolor and gold on cotton
Source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston (mfa.org)
Shiva Embracing Parvati - Copper Scuplture, Nepal 15th-16th Century
Source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston (mfa.org)
Cosmic Hindu Goddess with Companions - Nepal 19th Century
In Nepal, where Hinduism and Buddhism have flourished side by side, new forms of the Hindu goddess were invented to show her cosmic nature. Here, the supremacy of the squatting central figure is demonstrated not only by her position and by the presence of many arms and heads but also by the appearance on the upper part of the pedestal of the three chief Hindu gods: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The body of Bhairava, a fearsome aspect of Shiva, is stretched out directly beneath the goddess. Kali (left) and the warrior goddess Durga (right) join her. At the bottom of the painting, left center, a king pays homage to a "yantra" (magical diagram). This is the king who ruled Nepal from 1799 until 1820. In a ceremony, the goddess was asked to descend into the yantra in order to bring benefits to the king and his kingdom.
Source: http://art.thewalters.org
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