Ga'u with Citipati (skt. Shmashana Adhipati / - Lot 88

Ga'u with Citipati (skt. Shmashana Adhipati / tib. Dur khrod bdag po) Mongolia, circa 19th century Tempera on canvas and metal. 9 x 6.5 cm Very interesting portable reliquary housing behind a glass a representation of the rulers of the cremation cremation sites. They are sometimes seen as a couple as a couple or as incestuous brother and sister. The man brandishes a skeleton-shaped scepter with his right hand, and a blood-filled kapala of blood in his left. He is standing, dancing on a conch shell. The woman holds a plant stem in her left hand in her left hand, and the vase in her right. She is standing standing on a representation of a shell should be a cowrie shell. A photograph of the XIVth Dalai Lama. 800 / 1 200 €