Zemanek-Münster

Mask "Garuda" ·  Bhutan · ID: 3048777

sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 144
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, three-piece, polychrome colours

The ancient “Bon” animist bird spirit “Khyung”. Subsumed by later Buddhist imagery its shamanic connections are retained by its use of mountain goat horns.


The object Mask “Garuda” with the object ID 3048777 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 29 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Chazot, Eric, Masks of the Himalayas, New York 1990, p. 12


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