19. A Tsakli depicting a female spirit
Mongolia
19th - early 20th Century
2 7/8” x3 ˝” (7.5 x 9cm)
The lively drawing depicting a leopard-headed female spirit, her mouth open as if in a defiant shout, wearing traditional Mongolian woman’s garb as she rides her mule, her sharp clawed hands gesticulating wildly.