A GILT-COPPER PLAQUE EMBOSSED WITH A FEMALE DIVINITY

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

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incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 18th c.
H. 60 cm
The horse-shoe shaped plaque embossed with the central figure of a female divinity riding a predator, her hands holding sword and bowl with jewels, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, scarf draped around her shoulders, her face displaying a severe expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, her hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara, head-halo behind and surrounded by various figures including the five tathagatas and probably some Taras.
From a private collection in southern Germany, acquired in the early 1990s - Slightly chipped, wear, traces of age

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