ENSEMBLE DE QUATRE GANTS DE COSTUMES DE DANSE CHITIPATI EN SOIE BRODÉE ET CUIR PEINT MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLEENSEMBLE DE QUATRE GANTS DE COSTUMES DE DANSE CHITIPATI EN SOIE BRODÉE ET CUIR PEINTMONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205066 Hand: 33 cm (13 in.), the longest; The Perspex case: 54.5 x 27 x 97 cm (21 7/8 x 10 5/8 x 38 1/4 in.)A SET OF FOUR EMBROIDERED SILK AND PAINTED LEATHER HANDS FROM CHITIPATI RITUAL DANCE COSTUMES MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY 蒙古 十九世紀 緞繡及彩繪皮革屍陀林主舞手套一組四件 Part of Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice is the sacred, costumed dance that is elaborately performed during festivals. One of the many costumes that could be worn on such an occasion was a skeleton costume representing the protectors of tantra, whose dances symbolized their triumph over evil. These two pairs of gloves belonged to a skeleton outfit, which would have enlivened and invoked this protector spirit in an act of subjugating negative forces. The papier-mache mask which would have originally accompanied these gloves was exhibited and published in Himalaya: le visage des dieux, Musée départemental de St-Antoine-l'Abbaye, p. 65, fig. 85.Published:Robert Thurman and David Weldon, Sacred Symbols: The Ritual Art of Tibet, New York, 1999, p. 97, no. 43.Ramon Prats, et.al., Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p.118, no.59.Exhibited:Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación "La Caixa", Madrid, November 2000-January 2001.Provenance:Rossi and Rossi, London, 1999