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EMBLÈME DE CHITIPATI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE REPOUSSÉ ET DORÉ
MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

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

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EMBLÈME DE CHITIPATI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE REPOUSSÉ ET DORÉ

MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205017
51 cm (20 1/8 in.) high

Footnotes

A GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ CHITIPATI EMBLEM
MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY

蒙古 十九世紀 銅鎏金錘揲屍陀林主法器

This striking object which depicts flames spewing forth from the barred fangs of a skull face with a stylized trishula crowning the top, makes up part of a ceremonial staff. Another similar staff depicts the skeleton headed finial connected to the shaft (see Yixi, Quintessence of Returning Tibetan Cultural Relics from Oversea (Sculpture), 2012, pp. 128-9). Weapons such as these were depicted as implements held by wrathful protectors. The skeleton face would have served as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and the finial trident, as a means of destroying the three poisons of passion, aggression and ignorance.

Provenance:
Estate of M. Koeren (acquired in Asia during travels between 1950-63)
Acquire from Luc Cammoot, Brussels, 2003

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