A TIBETAN VELVET APRON, of rectangular form, the center with a large embroidered Kala-mask, with bushy eyebrows, bulging eyes and third eye, broad nose, open mouth showing fangs, tongue and teeth, the border with alternating a vajra and a skull
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A TIBETAN VELVET APRON, of rectangular form, the center with a large embroidered Kala-mask, with bushy eyebrows, bulging eyes and third eye, broad nose, open mouth showing fangs, tongue and teeth, the border with alternating a vajra and a skull
76 x 72 cm
Literature
Kreijger, H., Godenbeelden uit Tibet, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 125
Exhibited
Goden en goeroes, Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, 17 June - 28 November 1989
Lot Essay
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