Ritual Diadem with the Five Jina Buddhas: Amitabha, Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi

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Ritual Diadem with the Five Jina Buddhas: Amitabha, Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi

Northern Nepal or Tibet, 19th century
Jewelry and Adornments; crowns
Silver and gold with paint; fabric-wrapped cardboard; leather ties
Each plaque: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 in. (18.42 x 11.43 x .95 cm); Overall: 10 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 3/8 in. (26.04 x 53.98 x .95 cm)
Gift of Dr. Ronald M. Lawrence (M.74.139.15)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
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