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Lot 190

KESA EN SOIE BRODÉE ET PEINTE REPRÉSENTANT DES FIGURES DU BARDO
TIBET OU MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

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

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KESA EN SOIE BRODÉE ET PEINTE REPRÉSENTANT DES FIGURES DU BARDO

TIBET OU MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205060
282 x 117 cm (111 x 46 in.)

Footnotes

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

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