Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day Two - 18th September 2025
Lot 689
A Tibetan ritual apron
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £17780
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Description
A Tibetan ritual apron
carved bone beads and plaques, the ten belt panels relief carved female deities, dakinis, linked by further figures and symbols, above a lattice body of square and circular plaques of flowers, scrolls, masks, a skull, crescents and suns, a plumed headdress, a peacock and other birds, auspicious symbols and a central seated buddha, with silk and bell pendants,
87cm wide, 83cm long.
Provenance
Arte Primitivo, Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York.