Four dancing dakini

Unknown (Tibetan)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

15th century

Height:

32.0 cm  (12 5/8 in.)

Width:

37.0 cm  (14 9/16 in.)

Place of creation:

Xizang [Tibet]

Description

The relief shows four dancing dakini (celestial messengers) with their two outermost hands holding the drum damaru and a long sceptre, while with their central hands they carry various attributes.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Damaru [2548]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Tibetan art collection at the Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin", Music in art 34/1-2 (2009) 337-345.

RIdIM record id

3146