CHAPEAU D'ORACLE DE NECHUNG EN SOIE BRODÉE ORNÉ DE TÊTE DE MORT EN ARGENT ET OR TIBET, XIXE SIÈCLECHAPEAU D'ORACLE DE NECHUNG EN SOIE BRODÉE ORNÉ DE TÊTE DE MORT EN ARGENT ET ORTIBET, XIXE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205015 32.5 cm (12 3/4 in.) highAN EMBROIDERED SILK AND APPLIQUÉ NECHUNG ORACLE'S HAT WITH APPLIED SILVER AND GILT FLAMING SKULLS TIBET, 19TH CENTURY 西藏 十九世紀 鍛繡飾金銀嵌寶骷髏乃瓊護法冠Depicted with the wrathful eyes of Mahakala, a row of silver Chitipati skulls inset with turquoise, and black satin embellished with auspicious motifs, and ruyi clouds, this hat or crown would have been worn by a Tibetan Buddhist oracle. Compare with a later example in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields (76.249.1), another in the British Museum (1980,Q.203), and a third paired with a complete uniform in the Drathang Monastery (HAR 55623).Provenance:Astamanagala Gallery, Amsterdam, 2000s