A TIBETAN RITUAL BONE APRON, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Comprising five oblong plaques carved with deities in elegant dancing postures wearing long flowing robes and richly adorned with jewelry, and thirteen rectangular plaques carved with the Eight Auspicious Symbols, a flower, and double vajras, all in openwork and suspending a network of stranded beads joined with small square plaques at the intersections.

Provenance: German trade.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, natural age cracks, small nicks and light scratches, possibly minor losses. Fine, naturally grown, honey-brown patina.

Two oblong and two double-vajra plaques are displayed separately at the top, each also with stranded beads and square plaques. These were probably used as armlets or bracelets.

Wood backing with burgundy velvet dates from the 20^th century.

Weight: 3,946 g (incl. mounting)
Dimensions: Length 15 cm (the largest), Size incl. mounting 118 x 56 cm

Literature comparison For another example dated to the 17th century, in the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, see P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, 1997, cat. no. 312. For another example, dated 16^th-20^th century, see P. Pal, Tibet, Tradition and Change, 1997, cat. no. 85, indicating that individual parts were replaced over time.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related ritual bone apron at Christie’s Paris in Art Africain et Océanien on 4 December 2008, lot 109, sold for EUR 7,250.

十八至十九世紀西藏儀式法器骨飾
法器上不同的骨牌，其中五塊長方形骨牌上雕刻著身著長袍的神人，優雅的舞姿；另外十三塊長方形骨牌上刻有八吉祥、一朵花、雙金剛杵；均以鏤空方式雕刻，並用串珠編成網狀，交叉處有小方形骨牌。

來源: 德國古玩市場。
品相: 狀況極好，輕微磨損、自然老化裂紋和輕微劃痕，可能有輕微缺損失。蜜褐色包漿自然細膩。

酒紅色托片與木板為二十世紀。

重量: 總3,946 克
尺寸: 長 15 厘米 (最大的), 總 118 x 56 厘米

拍賣結果比較: 比較一件十分相近的儀式法器骨飾，見巴黎佳士得Art Africain et Océanien 2008年12月4日 lot 109, 售價EUR 7,250。