Snakes and Ladders
CultureNepalese
Date19th century
MediumOpaque watercolor on cloth
DimensionsMount: 25 5/8 × 25 1/8 inches (65.02 × 63.82 cm)
Framed: 26 7/8 × 26 1/2 × 1/4 inches (68.26 × 67.31 × 0.64 cm)
Framed: 26 7/8 × 26 1/2 × 1/4 inches (68.26 × 67.31 × 0.64 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman
Object number2011.44
InscribedNumerous inscriptions in black ink identify each deity in the composition, in Devanagari script and Nepali language.
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DescriptionThe painting is square in format and depicts a grid of 72 squares, painted in red, pink, blue, green, orange or yellow. A different Hindu or Buddhist deity is rendered in polychrome in each square, identified by inscriptions. Dark grey, red, and tan swirling snake forms connect various cells.Exhibition HistoryNo exhibition history known at this time.
Wilfried Uhde, Heidelberg, Germany;
Private collection, by 2011;
Purchased at Christie’s’ sale, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, New York, September 13, 2011, no. 291 by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2011.
Indian and Southeast Asian Art (New York: Christie’s, 2011), 60-61, (repro.).
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