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6. A Tsakli Painting (Initiation Image) Depicting Bone Ornaments Tibet 19th Century Ink and pigment on prepared cloth Dimensions: 3 1/4" x 4" (8.3 x 10 cm) |
Wrathful male deities and semi wrathful yidam deities wear six different bone ornaments, representing the essence of of the six transcendental perfections or parimitas. The appearance of the ornaments implies the presence of the deity, even though the 'body' does not appear. Against a backdrop of a blue sky, and on the slope of a mountain with looming storm clouds behind, a set of intricate, disembodied bone ornaments appears. A single Tibetan syllable in black to the reverse. |