A PAIR OF EMBOSSED GILT-COPPER PLAQUES

Description:

Tibet, ca. 18th c.
H. 20,5 cm
Both plaques hammered in the form of roaring female ogresses, standing up on their hind legs, the front ones holding blue coloured ratnas, hanging breasts, their faces displaying wrathful expressions with bulging eyes, open beaks showing teeth and fangs, painted facial details, red coloured manes covering their heads and each with a flaming tail, legs with drilled holes for attachment.
South German private collection, collected before 2007
Minor wear, traces of age