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Lot 168

AUTEL DE CHITIPATI EN BOIS PEINT
MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

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

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AUTEL DE CHITIPATI EN BOIS PEINT

MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205067
89 x 66 x 26 cm (35 1/8 x 26 x 10 1/4 in.)

Footnotes

A PAINTED WOOD CHITIPATI SHRINE
MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY

蒙古 十九世紀 彩繪木雕屍陀林主神龕

Depicted on this painted shrine is the tantric couple, Shri Shmashana Adhipati, dancing protectors in skeletal form. As emanations of Chakrasamvara, these divine figures embrace one another in yab-yum. Their sacred dance symbolizes both the unity of wisdom and compassion as well as the passing of time. Behind the couple's flaming aureole and charnel ground offerings is a skeleton pavilion located within a craggy, mountainous landscape. Another polychrome cabinet depicting chitapati are illustrated in Buckley, Tibetan Furniture, Warren, 2005, fig. 95.

Provenance:
Art market, 1980s

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