TABLIER EN SOIE BRODÉE ET APPLIQUÉE REPRÉSENTANT MAHAKALA TIBET, XVIIIE SIÈCLETABLIER EN SOIE BRODÉE ET APPLIQUÉE REPRÉSENTANT MAHAKALATIBET, XVIIIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205227 84 x 60.5 cm (33 1/8 x 23 7/8 in.)A SILK EMBROIDERED AND APPLIQUE MAHAKALA APRONTIBET, 18TH CENTURY西藏 十八世紀 緞鏽及織錦大黑天紋圍裙This fine panel would have been a part of an ensemble of Buddhist bone ritual apparel worn by a practitioner. Ritual attire like the present lot could be used to decorate life-size sculptures of deities, although they were more often worn by monks and lamas during public festivals and ceremonies, including masked dances in which the performers meditated on and transformed themselves in Dakinis, Yidams and Dharmapalas (see Ramos, Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution, 2020, p.168), another in the Halpert Collection (HAR 90917) and Christie's, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 391.