Painted Scroll of Bhimaratha Ritual

Painting in acid tones depicting white chaitya situated in mountain landscape surrounded by irregular grid of portraits

Painted Scroll of Bhimaratha Ritual

Location
Hāku Bāhāḥ, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date
dated by inscription January 1830
Material
distemper and gold on cloth
Dimensions
35 x 23 in. (89 x 58.5 cm)
Collection

private collection

Photo Credit
photograph by Alexander von Rospatt, December 20, 2003, in home of Mischa Jucker, Basel, Switzerland

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