TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY The back of each panel also painted with an empowering monogram of the corresponding Buddha. Himalayan Art Resources item no.61800 Each panel: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) highFootnotes西藏 約十五世紀 彩繪皮革五佛法冠 Such crowns are worn during initiation and empowerment rites. Each Presiding Buddha represents an aspect of the initiate's transmuted perfection, and the crown is worn to mark the dissipation of his or her limited self-perception. A closely related crown with gilt frame is published in Tingley, Buddhas, Crocker Museum of Art, 2009, p.90, pl.26. Compare with others in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1985.391 & 1997.52); Reynolds, Catalogue of the Tibetan Collection and other Lamaist Articles in the Newark Museum, 1971, no.P6; Orientations, October 1998, p.62; Menzies, Goddess: Divine Energy, 2006, no.149; Huntington & Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, 2003, no.62. Published: Michael Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2020, pp.413-5. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 1992, lot 29 Private Collection, Washington