A pair of gilt-copper temple banners

Description:

Tibet, 18th / 19th c.
L. 162 cm
Each banner is consisting of six rectangular plaques hinged below each other, the upper two plaques embossed with Buddha figures, the next one with a lama, to be followed by the khyung bird, horse supporting the ratna and caparisoned elephant, all plaques attached to a three lobbed plaque with the kirtimukha emblem and the bottom plaque with a mantra
From a South German private collection - Traces of age, partly remnanst of red pigments