
Jing Wen
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A SILK APPLIQUÉ THANGKA OF CHITIPATI
MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY
蒙古 十九世紀 織錦屍陀林主唐卡
Dancing in a halo of flames, this embracing skeletal couple serves to exorcise obstacles to enlightenment and highlight the transience of time. Here, the male holds a stick made of a human spine and skull-cup filled with blood. Aside from holding a sheaf of grain, his partner holds a vase in a shape more commonly linked to the Gelugkpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Compare this appliqué to an embroidery of the same iconography and subject (see HAR 18404).
Provenance:
Ashencaen and Leonov, London, 2000s