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A POLYCHROMED WOODEN CABINET
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
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A POLYCHROMED WOODEN CABINET
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular cabinet with two hinged doors painted with polychromy with three panels each, depicting tantric ritual scenes and offerings including flayed skins of demons, eyeballs, severed heads, flames and scull cups, with images of grinning skulls painted along the frame, the frontside border of the cabinet painted with lotus leaves
69 ¾ x 45 ¾ x 28 ¾ in. (177.2 x 116.2 x 73 cm.)
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular cabinet with two hinged doors painted with polychromy with three panels each, depicting tantric ritual scenes and offerings including flayed skins of demons, eyeballs, severed heads, flames and scull cups, with images of grinning skulls painted along the frame, the frontside border of the cabinet painted with lotus leaves
69 ¾ x 45 ¾ x 28 ¾ in. (177.2 x 116.2 x 73 cm.)
Provenance
Rubin Museum of Art, accessioned in 2002
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24014
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Sandhya Jain-Patel