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A PAINTED LEATHER RITUAL CROWN WITH THE FIVE Crowns such as these conveyed the esoteric power of a Vajra master,
PRESIDING BUDDHAS AND CONSORTS and were worn during tantric initiation and empowerment rites.
TIBET OR MONGOLIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY Depicted on each plaque are the cosmic buddhas, who preside over
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4723 the five cardinal directions that make up the cosmos.
Each panel: 18 x 10 cm (7 x 4 in.) approx.
Compare with a closely related gilt-framed crown, published in Tingley,
HKD80,000 - 120,000 Buddhas, 2009, p. 90, pl. 26. Also compare with other crowns in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1985.391); Reynolds,
西藏或蒙古 約十七世紀 皮質彩繪五佛法冠 Tibetan Collection, Newark, no. P6; Orientations, October 1998, p.
62; Menzies, Goddess, 2006, no. 149; Huntington & Bangdel, Circle
of Bliss, 2003, no. 62 and another in the Musees royaux d’Art et
d’Histoire (Brussels) attributed to Inner Mongolia (HAR 61287).
Provenance
Private California Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s
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