Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
SOBHA SINGH (1901-1986) SEE INDIA / KAMAKHYA TEMPLE. 1940.
39 1/2x25 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x64 3/4 cm. Calcutta Chromotype Ltd, Calcutta.
Condition B+: repaired tears and minor discoloration in margins.
The Kamakhya Temple "is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya, one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Pithas, situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India. It is the main temple, dedicated to Kamakhya, in a complex of individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas… It is an important pilgrimage destination for general Hindu and especially for Tantric worshipers" (Wikipedia).