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Large Buddhist painting on paper [India (possibly Deccan), early twentieth century]

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Large Buddhist painting, possibly depicting Ushnisha Sitatapatra, a form of the Goddess Tara, ink and gouache on a vast single sheet of paper [India (possibly Deccan), early twentieth century] single vast leaf, ink and gouache on paper, depicting a tall female figure with four heads extending outwards eiher side of her face and 'thousand arms' holding out weapons and armoury, beneath her feet the figure of a much smaller female and a donkey, small crease along central fold, else very clean and crisp condition, 680 by 520 mm.; framed and glazed (glass cracked) Ushnisha Sitatapatra is a form of the Goddess Tara in Buddhism, and the female equivalent of Avalokiteśvara, who is often depicted as having multiple heads and 'a thousand arms'. She is often seen trampling on humans and animals, as exemplified here, to symbolise their egocentric existence.

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Large Buddhist painting, possibly depicting Ushnisha Sitatapatra, a form of the Goddess Tara, ink and gouache on a vast single sheet of paper [India (possibly Deccan), early twentieth century] single vast leaf, ink and gouache on paper, depicting a tall female figure with four heads extending outwards eiher side of her face and 'thousand arms' holding out weapons and armoury, beneath her feet the figure of a much smaller female and a donkey, small crease along central fold, else very clean and crisp condition, 680 by 520 mm.; framed and glazed (glass cracked) Ushnisha Sitatapatra is a form of the Goddess Tara in Buddhism, and the female equivalent of Avalokiteśvara, who is often depicted as having multiple heads and 'a thousand arms'. She is often seen trampling on humans and animals, as exemplified here, to symbolise their egocentric existence.

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