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Details
- Other Title
- Five-pointed ritual crown
- Place where the work was made
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Tibet
- Date
- 18th century
- Media category
- Ceremonial object
- Materials used
- leather with gilding, lacquer and fabric
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 54.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of J A & H D Sperling 1999
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 114.1999
- Copyright
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About
This five-bladed ritual crown would have been worn by lamas at fire sacrifices (homa) and ritual investitures, that is, on highly ceremonial occassions. Each blade of the crown depicts each of the five Transcendent Buddhas (Tathagatas) of the esoteric Tibetan buddhist tradition.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, April 2002
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Places
Where the work was made
Tibet
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 62 (colour illus.).
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