A Sino-Tibetan Ceremonial headband19th or 20th CenturyEach of the five parts designed with a small painted Buddha surrounded by a leaf-shaped mandala in white metal filigree; framed and glazed Overall dimensions of frame: 69 x 38cm (27 x 15in)注脚For a similar ritual diadem attributed to early/mid Qing China, also with five Buddhas, see by P. Pal, Desire and Devotion, London 2001, p.318. This type of tiara (Tibetan: rig-na) is of particular significance for a Vajracharya priest to wear during the observance of abhisheka. The five deities represented here are probably Amitabha, Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava and Amoghasiddhi. Pal concludes that: 'The form and design can be traced back at least to thirteenth-century Tibet, or earlier still....The foliate shape of the top of the panels was probably introduced in China in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries'.