Pigment and black ink on cloth. Mounted on paper within a slim golden fabric border Nepal, 17th century This horizontal scroll (bilampo) from Nepal features six depictions of Tara in various emanations with a different skin tone. Twice the goddess is depicted as the white Tara, twice as the red-skinned Kurukulla, once as the blue Tara, Ekajata and once she has a dark brown skin tone. All figures are shown in a dancing pose, standing on one leg atop a lotus pedestal. They have a mandorla and an aureole each, and in their raised right hand show different attributes such as a vessel with flowers or a white conch. To the left of the Tara row is the vase of immortality and a large lotus seed capsule from which a lotus leaf scroll emerges that is framing each of the deity images. A row of horned and bejeweled demon masks with three eyes is surmounting the goddesses. dancing Buddhist deities framed within aureoles and interspersed with flowers. This type of banner was displayed outdoors, often on the walls of a temple, during festivals. Shape: Rectangular horizontal shape Dimensions: 340 x 74 cm (painting size), 382 x 76 cm (including the mount) Condition: Good condition with minor creases and tears, hardly discernible due to the mounting. Rubbing to paintwork Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Literature comparison: see in the inventory of the Art Institute of Chicago under Acc. Nr. 1984.1503 ‘Nepalese Tantric Temple Banner of a Dancing Goddess Flanked by Dakinis, 17th century’ from the collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf. 十七世紀尼泊爾密宗寺廟《度母》橫幅 布料，顔料，黑墨，紙本裝裱，金邊 尼泊爾，十七世紀 來自尼泊爾的這張水平畫軸（bilampo）以六種不同膚色描繪了度母。 一個白度母，一個紅皮膚作明佛母，一次藍度母，一次她有深褐色的膚色。 所有度母都以跳舞姿勢出現，單腿站在蓮花座上。 他們每一個都有一個曼陀羅和一個光環，在他們抬起的右手中展現出不同的寶物，例如帶有鮮花或白色海螺。 度母左邊是不朽的花瓶和一個巨大的蓮蓬，蓮花葉出現在這個蓮蓬上。 一排有三隻眼睛的有角和珠光寶氣的惡魔面具正在追趕女神。 跳舞的神像鑲嵌光環中，並穿插著鮮花。 這種類型的橫幅通常在節日期間在寺廟的外牆展示。 橫幅 尺寸：340 x 74 cm (畫面), 382 x 76 cm (含裝裱) 品相良好，有輕微皺紋和水跡，由於裝裱不易認出，油彩面有磨損 奧地利私人老收藏，上世紀三十年代至五十年代間購入 文獻參考：見芝加哥藝術研究所庫存清單 1984.1503；《尼泊爾密宗寺廟挂幅荼吉尼身畔的跳舞女神》 ，十七世紀，James W. 和 Marilynn Alsdorf收藏