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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A ritual scroll
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
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A ritual scroll
Tibet, 19th century
Divided into twelve registers, each with varying inscriptions and instructional drawings relating to the preparation of ritual offerings, temple plan and decoration, the mandala, footwear, the seated Buddha in meditation, symbolic gifts of respect, and with the lower two registers further divided into twelve sections and each containing the adornments and ritual implements of peaceful and wrathful deities, including the vajra and ghanta, ceremonial vessels, animal skins, bone apron and skull tiara
Opaque pigments on textile
59¾ x 22 5/8 in. (151.7 x 56.8 cm.)
Tibet, 19th century
Divided into twelve registers, each with varying inscriptions and instructional drawings relating to the preparation of ritual offerings, temple plan and decoration, the mandala, footwear, the seated Buddha in meditation, symbolic gifts of respect, and with the lower two registers further divided into twelve sections and each containing the adornments and ritual implements of peaceful and wrathful deities, including the vajra and ghanta, ceremonial vessels, animal skins, bone apron and skull tiara
Opaque pigments on textile
59¾ x 22 5/8 in. (151.7 x 56.8 cm.)