A BONE PLAQUE FROM A RITUAL COSTUME
A BONE PLAQUE FROM A RITUAL COSTUME, TIBET, CIRCA 15TH / 16TH CENTURY
of crescent-shaped form, depicting a celestial deity kneeling on a lotus with scrolling stem below, modern wood stand
12cm high; 3.7cm max width
Provenance: European private collection from the 1940s; acquired London art market by the vendor.
Bone aprons formed an important part of Tibetan Tantric rituals and this plaque would have been joined to others with beaded links to form a trellis. See Thomas Holbein Hendley, Indian Jewellery, (Reprint) Delhi, 1991, pl.124 for a typical example
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A BONE PLAQUE FROM A RITUAL COSTUME, TIBET, CIRCA 15TH / 16TH CENTURY
of crescent-shaped form, depicting a celestial deity kneeling on a lotus with scrolling stem below, modern wood stand
12cm high; 3.7cm max width
Provenance: European private collection from the 1940s; acquired London art market by the vendor.
Bone aprons formed an important part of Tibetan Tantric rituals and this plaque would have been joined to others with beaded links to form a trellis. See Thomas Holbein Hendley, Indian Jewellery, (Reprint) Delhi, 1991, pl.124 for a typical example
