With great pleasure and pride, I present Kapoor Galleries’ latest catalog. Among other masterpieces, this catalog showcases the magnificent Vasudhara Mandala by Jasaraja Jirila. Dating to 1365, this important work is one of the earliest examples of Nepalese thangka painting whose dedicatory inscription includes the artist’s name and a date.
This catalog is also a celebration of the gallery’s forty-plus years of success as a family enterprise, and a tribute to my grandparents, Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor, whose indefatigable efforts helped build the field of Indian and Himalayan art to what it is today.
