A RARE EMBOSSED COPPER RITUAL HEAD

Description:

Nepal, 18th/ 19th cent.
H. 42 cm
The head is continuing into the tapering neck serving as stand, displayed as such during specific ceremonies, hammered with a serene facial expression showing downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose -bridge, smiling lips, painted facial details, pierced elongated earlobes and a black coloured shaven hairdo.
Old Southern German private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Minor traces of age