A LARGE APPLIQUÉ COTTON TENT

Description:

Tibet, 1st half 20th c.
B. ca. 3 m
The rectangular tent roof is decorated with a central panel divided into two parts, each showing a kirttimukha displaying bulging eyes below bushy eyebrows, their claws holding stems of scrolling tendrils covering each of their section and encompassing in total Eight Buddhist Emblems, their mouths issuing a tongue decorated with the triratna emblems, within a border consisting of eight compartments each with an endless knot, and its reverse strengthened with a cotton panel decorated with a multitude of dragons and flowers on a red ground. The walls in green and red, decorated in appliqué with flower arrangements displayed in vases and a stylized dragon medallion, the door kept plain. Height of the walls: ca. 160 cm, circumference of the tent: ca. 14 m, the door: 200 x 80 cm.
From a Franconian private collection, assembled between 1960 and 1990 - Traces of age and use, few stains