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Lot 551
A PAIR OF TEMPLE BANNERS
Estimated Value:
4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, 18th/ 19th cent.L. 163 / 226 cm
Each banner is consisting of an upper gilt-copper plaque embossed with a kirtimukha head depicting protruding eyes below bushy eyebrows, pair of curved horns and open beak showing teeth, hinged below with six square gilt-copper plaques depicting from top to bottom Buddha Shakyamuni, Sadaksharilokeshvara, Vaishravana, khyung-bird, caparisoned horse, caparisoned elephant and the last of a shaped plaque showing a mantra, all plaques sewn to a velvet banner terminating in tassels.
Old European private collection - Minor traces of age, minor wear
