Doors from an Offering Cabinet (Torgam) with Dancing Skeletons (Chitipati)

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Doors from an Offering Cabinet (Torgam) with Dancing Skeletons (Chitipati)

Tibet, late 18th - early 19th century
Furnishings; Furniture
Wood with mineral pigments; shellac
21 × 18 × 3 in. (53.34 × 45.72 × 7.62 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Harry and Yvonne Lenart (M.91.203)
South and Southeast Asian Art
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.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
  • 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.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992,  vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Kamansky, David, ed.  Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life.  Chicago: Serindia Publications, Inc., 2004.
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Exhibition history

  • Ritual Offerings in Tibetan Art Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 13, 2014 - October 25, 2015