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Lot 175

STATUETTE DE BEGTSE CHEN EN PAPIER MÂCHÉ POLYCHROME
MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

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

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STATUETTE DE BEGTSE CHEN EN PAPIER MÂCHÉ POLYCHROME

MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205037
Figure: 43 cm (16 7/8 in.) high;
Stand: 5 cm (2 in.) high

Footnotes

A POLYCHROMED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ RETINUE FIGURE OF BEGTSE CHEN
MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY

蒙古 十九世紀 紙塑加彩大紅司命主像

This dwarf-like figure stands naked with a swollen belly, pendulous breasts, an oversized head, and gaping mouth baring human teeth. She holds a thighbone trumpet and kapala swollen with brain matter. Compare with a painted clay figure of Ekajata Rakshasi in the British Museum (published in Ramos, Tantra, 2020, p. 160, fig. 116).

Provenance:
Suzi Lebasi, Tasmania, 2000s

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