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A Silver Mirror with Chitipati
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Silver Mirror with Chitipati
Tibet, 18th Century
The mirror bearing the syllable hri at center and decorated around the edge with dancing skeletons interspersed with ritual offerings and scrollwork, with some stone inlay; attached to a chain with loop ring handles
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) diameter
Tibet, 18th Century
The mirror bearing the syllable hri at center and decorated around the edge with dancing skeletons interspersed with ritual offerings and scrollwork, with some stone inlay; attached to a chain with loop ring handles
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) diameter
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p. 110, cat. no. 36.
Exhibited
Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, cat. no. 36, November 2000-January 2001.