Mask "Garuda" · Bhutan · ID: 3048777
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 144Werner 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