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A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE Such crowns are worn during initiation and empowerment rites. Each
PRESIDING BUDDHAS Presiding Buddha represents an aspect of the initiate’s transmuted
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
The back of each panel also painted with an empowering monogram perfection, and the crown is worn to mark the dissipation of his or her
of the corresponding Buddha. limited self-perception.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61800
Each panel: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high A closely related crown with gilt frame is published in Tingley,
Buddhas, Crocker Museum of Art, 2009, p.90, pl.26. Compare with
HKD55,000 - 75,000 others in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1985.391 &
1997.52); Reynolds, Catalogue of the Tibetan Collection and other
西藏 約十五世紀 彩繪皮革五佛法冠 Lamaist Articles in the Newark Museum, 1971, no.P6; Orientations,
October 1998, p.62; Menzies, Goddess: Divine Energy, 2006, no.149;
Huntington & Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, 2003, no.62.
Published
Michael Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche,
2020, pp.413-5.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 December 1992, lot 29
Private Collection, Washington
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