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Lot 161

TANGKA EN SOIE APPLIQUÉE REPRÉSENTANT CHITIPATI
MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

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

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TANGKA EN SOIE APPLIQUÉE REPRÉSENTANT CHITIPATI

MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205075


Image:72.5 X 58 cm (28 1/2 X 22 7/8 in.);
With frame: 84.5 x 70.5 cm (33 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.)

Footnotes

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

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