
Jing Wen
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AN EMBROIDERED SILK AND APPLIQUÉ NECHUNG ORACLE'S HAT WITH APPLIED SILVER AND GILT FLAMING SKULLS
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
西藏 十九世紀 鍛繡飾金銀嵌寶骷髏乃瓊護法冠
Depicted with the wrathful eyes of Mahakala, a row of silver Chitipati skulls inset with turquoise, and black satin embellished with auspicious motifs, and ruyi clouds, this hat or crown would have been worn by a Tibetan Buddhist oracle.
Compare with a later example in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields (76.249.1), another in the British Museum (1980,Q.203), and a third paired with a complete uniform in the Drathang Monastery (HAR 55623).
Provenance:
Astamanagala Gallery, Amsterdam, 2000s