s4565

TITLE OF WORK: Two dancing Citipati holding kankaladanda, chakti, and kapalas in their hands

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, silver, parcel-gilt cabinet

DATE: 1750

DATE DETAILS: approx.

DIMENSIONS: 40.6 cm height

COMMENTS: Tantric altar cabinet, most probably used to house an image of a Tantric deity, possibly the Yi-dam (a personal tutelary deity) of the owner

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: China, Tibet

DANCE FORM: traditional

KEYWORDS: death, skeleton,