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A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY image 1
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Lot 1035

A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

2 December 2021, 19:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

HK$55,000 - HK$75,000

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A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS

TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
The back of each panel also painted with an empowering monogram of the corresponding Buddha.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61800
Each panel: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high

Footnotes

西藏 約十五世紀 彩繪皮革五佛法冠

Such crowns are worn during initiation and empowerment rites. Each Presiding Buddha represents an aspect of the initiate's transmuted perfection, and the crown is worn to mark the dissipation of his or her limited self-perception.

A closely related crown with gilt frame is published in Tingley, Buddhas, Crocker Museum of Art, 2009, p.90, pl.26. Compare with others in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1985.391 & 1997.52); Reynolds, Catalogue of the Tibetan Collection and other Lamaist Articles in the Newark Museum, 1971, no.P6; Orientations, October 1998, p.62; Menzies, Goddess: Divine Energy, 2006, no.149; Huntington & Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, 2003, no.62.

Published:
Michael Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2020, pp.413-5.

Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 1992, lot 29
Private Collection, Washington

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