Buddhism.- A panel from a Sinicized Tibetan Buddhist ritual crown, embroidered in silk, gold and other metallic threads on an ivory silk ground, 12.5 x 8.5 cm (4 ½ x 3 ¼ in.), in very good condition with fresh colours, on a 19th century card backing, from an album compiled by Cyril Davenport (1848-1941), Superintendent of Bookbindings at the British Museum, [?18th century]

⁂ From a five-paneled ritual crown, the leaves depicting the five meditation buddhas, as worn by a Tibetan lama or devotee during ceremonies to summon buddhas and other deities.