Color on textile on papier mâché, leather. Tibet, 15th cent.
Crown in form of a five-leaved Tathagata crown, worn for ceremonial events. Lightly conical, in upper area five-fold overlapping picture boards which - with the exception of one - each present a larger circular depiction of a deity in the center, below four smaller, at the top another without border. Also animals are portrayed. Due to age, corrosion and patina, details are not recognizable. The fifth leaf offers only one deity in lapped border. Pure decoration is composed in light relief, the same on four crown sections, stronger on the fifth and with flame motifs. The lower border with leather. Interesting and mystical effect of patina, some damage due to obvious age characteristics (loosely mounted on fitting masonite board).
HEIGHTS TO 19,5 CM, TOTAL WIDTH APPROX. 48 CM
From a German private collection