
Jing Wen
Cataloguer
This auction has ended. View lot details
Sold for €4,462.50 inc. premium
Our Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialist
Cataloguer

Global Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

International Director

International Specialist

Head of Sale, Specialist
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