
Jing Wen
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Global Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

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AN EMBROIDERED SILK KASAYA WITH PAINTED FIGURES OF THE BARDO
TIBET OR MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY
西藏或蒙古 十九世紀 緞繡彩繪中陰身紋袈裟
Imagined within the golden, ethereal realm of this lavishly embroidered robe is a vast retinue of fantastical beings known as the Bardo, who represent the in-between state of existence that occurs when a recently departed soul awaits to be reborn into the world of the living.
Compare with several kasaya, or the patchwork robe of a fully ordained monk or nun, one sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2 December 2021, lot 1032; another at Bonhams, Sydney, 8 December 2021, lot 309; and a third robe with auspicious cloud motifs at Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge, 5 November 2012, lot 437.
Provenance:
Portobello Market, London, 1990s