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A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN 彩繪皮革五佛法冠
WITH THE FIVE PRESIDING BUDDHAS 西藏，約十五世紀
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY 每一冠葉背面繪有五方佛所對應的種子字。
The back of each panel also painted with an empowering 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61800號
monogram of the corresponding Buddha. 每冠葉高16.8釐米（6 5/8 英吋）
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61800
Each panel: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) high 160,000 - 200,000 港元

HK$160,000 - 200,000 此類五佛法冠於重要儀式以及灌頂禮上配戴，每片冠葉上繪有一尊五
方佛，內表五智圓滿，修法中即藉戴此冠而脫出個體，進入法身。
Such crowns are worn during initiation and empowerment rites.
Each Presiding Buddha represents an aspect of the initiate’s 一件密切相關之金邊寶冠見戴於（Tingley，《Buddhas》，Crocker
transmuted perfection, and the crown is worn to mark the dissipation Museum of Art，2009年，90頁，圖26）。相關之其他法冠分別收
of his or her selfhood into the dharamakaya. 藏或記載於：紐約大都會博物館（館藏編號1985.391及1997.52
號）；Reynolds著，《Tibetan Collection》，紐華克，P6號；
A closely related crown with gilt frame is published in Tingley, 《Orientations》，1998年10月，62頁；Menzies著，《Goddess》，
Buddhas, Crocker Museum of Art, 2009, p.90, pl.26. Compare 悉尼，2006年，149號；Huntington 及 Bangdel著，《Circle of Bliss》
with others in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ，62號。
(1985.391&1997.52); Reynolds, Tibetan Collection, Newark, no.P6;
Orientations, October 1998, p.62; Menzies, Goddess, Sydney, 2006, 來源
no.149; Huntington & Bangdel, Circle of Bliss, no.62. 蘇富比，紐約，1992年12月5日，拍品29號
美國華盛頓私人收藏
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 December 1992, lot 29
Private Collection, Washington

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