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Lot 116

A PAIR OF EMBOSSED GILT-COPPER PLAQUES

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

Hammer Price:

Description:

Tibet, ca. 18th c.
H. 20 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
Miknor wear, traces of age

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