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Lot 119

CHAPEAU D'ORACLE DE NECHUNG EN SOIE BRODÉE ORNÉ DE TÊTE DE MORT EN ARGENT ET OR
TIBET, XIXE SIÈCLE

15 December 2022, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

€10,000 - €15,000

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CHAPEAU D'ORACLE DE NECHUNG EN SOIE BRODÉE ORNÉ DE TÊTE DE MORT EN ARGENT ET OR

TIBET, XIXE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205015
32.5 cm (12 3/4 in.) high

Footnotes

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

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