Tantric Lama Crown with Hand-painted Buddha Images
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Lama's Tantric Crown, Mongolia, late 19th century, painted with a single Buddha on each leaf of the Crown, this tantric Tibetan lama Crown was made of multi-ply, hand-painted paper during the late 19th or very early 20th century. Through a fabric ribbon, the Crown can be tied around the forehead & consists of five leaf-shaped segments, each segment shows a small hand painted image of one of the five Principle Buddha's. Deep embossed floral decorations surround each Buddha. The reverse has mantra's in Tibetan Script on each back section. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection. 47 x 15 cm
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
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