EditorialThe shingka is a sleeveless poncho-type tunic made of wool with silk and wool applique patterning. It is seldom worn today except for some specific religious ceremonies which take place in the region of Kurtue, or by clowns at festivals. L: 121 cm.
EditorialSmall portrait head of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic version of the famous bronze statue (orig. 330 BCE) by Lysippos of Sikyon. From Ptolemaic Egypt. Alexander is shown as a sun-god, the head probably wore an aureole. Height 12.4 cm. Inv. S 15.
EditorialPart of the tack for the royal horse, this saddle is embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung (a mythic animal often assocciated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 26 cm L: 47 cm.
EditorialSmall portrait head of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic version of the famous bronze statue (orig. 330 BCE) by Lysippos of Sikyon. From Ptolemaic Egypt. Alexander is shown as a sun-god, the head probably wore an aureole. Height 12.4 cm. Inv. S 15.
EditorialSmall portrait head of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic version of the famous bronze statue (orig. 330 BCE) by Lysippos of Sikyon. From Ptolemaic Egypt. Alexander is shown as a sun-god, the head probably wore an aureole. Height 12.4 cm. Inv. S 15.
EditorialSmall portrait head of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic version of the famous bronze statue (orig. 330 BCE) by Lysippos of Sikyon. From Ptolemaic Egypt. Alexander is shown as a sun-god, the head probably wore an aureole. Height 12.4 cm. Inv. S 15.
EditorialThis pictorial biography of Guru Rinpoche (wall pain-ting on cloth with pastiglia details) illustrates the life of the Indian mystic considered to be the Second Buddha. His life story is composed of Twelve Deeds. Rinpoche is seated with his two consort...
EditorialBoxes made of multicoloured bamboo strands with locks belong to well-off families and would contain precious clothes or objects. Bamboo, wood, brass H: 46 cm.