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A POLYCHROMED WOODEN CABINET
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY Rubin Museum of Art, accessioned in 2002
The rectangular cabinet with two hinged doors painted with PUBLISHED:
polychromy with three panels each, depicting tantric ritual scenes and
offerings including fayed skins of demons, eyeballs, severed heads, Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24014
fames and scull cups, with images of grinning skulls painted along the
frame, the frontside border of the cabinet painted with lotus leaves
69æ x 45æ x 28æ in. (177.2 x 116.2 x 73 cm.)
$10,000-15,000
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