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TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze crown of skulls
Tibet, 19th century
With five repousse skulls set against a wire headband encased in a multicolored textile with an ochre ribbon at each end, each skull with red eyes and bared teeth, a flaming headdress issuing from the grinning jaws and centered by hardstones arranged in a teardrop form
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter
Tibet, 19th century
With five repousse skulls set against a wire headband encased in a multicolored textile with an ochre ribbon at each end, each skull with red eyes and bared teeth, a flaming headdress issuing from the grinning jaws and centered by hardstones arranged in a teardrop form
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1968