Miscellaneous - Tsagli (initiation cards)
(item no. 90909)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Kagyu Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment

Collection of Carolyn and Wesley Halpert


 


Shri Devi Initiation Card Set (Tibetan: pel den lha mo, dud sol ma): 36 ritual cards used in the performance of bestowing the initiation of the deity Shri Devi - painted on squares of semi-translucent mica sheets.

The main figure, Shri Devi, counting from left to right, top down, is black in colour with one face and four hands, wearing a pale human skin across the shoulders and riding atop a mule, surrounded by wisps of dark smoke and flame. The remaining cards show figures of retinue attendants riding upon various mounts, ritual objects and preferred offerings.

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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Collection of Caroline & Wesley Halpert
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II



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