Skull "kapala" · Nepal · ID: 3037004
sold
EUR 7,000
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
human skull, facial features and theeth formed of silver metal, the upper part of the skull with delicately engraved, can be opened like a lid, a flat receptacle with silver metal coating inside, band decor with small metal masks, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
such richly decorated skulls served as ceremonial objects for sacrifices in tantric Buddhism.
The object Skull “kapala” with the object ID 3037004 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 22 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,000 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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