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TWO TANTRIC PAINTINGS OF THE GODDESSES KALI AND CHHINNAMASTA Kangra, Pahari school, North India, mid-19th century Pigments on wasli paper wasli, depicting Kali standing over the body of Shiva, both on a funeral pyre in a landscape filled with bones and scavengers; and the goddess Chhinnamasta standing over the embracing bodies of Krishna and Radha, holding in her hands her severed head and a dagger, each in blue and pink margins. Size: 10 x 15 cm and 21 x 14 cm Provenance : Simone and Jean-Louis Roque Collection, Paris To the present owner by descent
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TWO TANTRIC PAINTINGS OF THE GODDESSES KALI AND CHHINNAMASTA Kangra, Pahari school, North India, mid-19th century Pigments on wasli paper wasli, depicting Kali standing over the body of Shiva, both on a funeral pyre in a landscape filled with bones and scavengers; and the goddess Chhinnamasta standing over the embracing bodies of Krishna and Radha, holding in her hands her severed head and a dagger, each in blue and pink margins. Size: 10 x 15 cm and 21 x 14 cm Provenance : Simone and Jean-Louis Roque Collection, Paris To the present owner by descent
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