Two dancing dakini

Unknown (Tibetan)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

early 15th century

Height:

31.0 cm  (12 3/16 in.)

Width:

21.0 cm  (8 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Place of creation:

Xizang [Tibet]

Description

The dancers have the left foot raised and with their innermost hands strike the skins of a small barrel drum, while they hold the vajra and the gantha in the other two.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Barrel drum [2504]
Ghanta [2403]

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

3147