A RITUAL SKULL-CUP (KAPALA), TIBET, 18th/19th ct., the skull-cup is decorated to the inside with a brass container, placed on a triangular-shaped base decorated with three wrathful deity heads at the top while the lower section of the base shows lions and triratnas, the cover is hammered with various deities placed in a medallion alternating with a mantra, set with semi-precious stones and topped with a divinity head supporting a half-vajra - Property from the Asian and Himalayan art collection of the brothers Kienzle, Swabia, assembled between 1965 and 1986 through Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart - Cf. Michael Henss 'Buddhist Ritual Art Of Tibet', Stuttgart 2020, no. 316 - Minor wear, traces of age Dreiteilige Kapala aus feuervergoldeter Bronze mit Steinbesatz TIBETO-CHINESISCH, 18./19.Jh. H. 31,8 cm Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass der Gebrüder Kienzle, Schwaben, zwischen 1965 und 1986 in Deutschland großteils über Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart erworben - Vgl. Michael Henss 'Buddhist Ritual Art Of Tibet', Stuttgart 2020, no. 316 - Etwas berieben, Altersspuren