COPPER HELMET OF A PRIEST
COPPER HELMET OF A PRIEST.
Origin: East Tibet.
Date: 19th/20th c.
Technique: Copper and silver repoussé, gold-plated skulls, stone trim, fabric.
Description: On a U-shaped hoop decorated with tendrils and lotus buds in gilded copper repoussé
five sculpted silver repoussé attachments in the shape of flame-spouting skulls representing the five Dyani Buddhas. Inside textile padding.
Measurement: Height 22cm, width ca. 30cm.
Provenance:
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate.
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COPPER HELMET OF A PRIEST.
Origin: East Tibet.
Date: 19th/20th c.
Technique: Copper and silver repoussé, gold-plated skulls, stone trim, fabric.
Description: On a U-shaped hoop decorated with tendrils and lotus buds in gilded copper repoussé
five sculpted silver repoussé attachments in the shape of flame-spouting skulls representing the five Dyani Buddhas. Inside textile padding.
Measurement: Height 22cm, width ca. 30cm.
Provenance:
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate.