A TIBETAN COPPER STUPA, the base with two rows of lotus-petals, supporting an indented bell-shaped body, surmounted by a shaped square roof, each side moulded with five ratnas, supporting a lotus-petal base, with a thirteen-tiered conical-shaped upper section, chattra above, moulded with pendants, a lotus-bud above, the ends of a scarf floating to both sides, surmounted by half-moon, sun and triratna emblems, 14th/15th Century

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A TIBETAN COPPER STUPA, the base with two rows of lotus-petals, supporting an indented bell-shaped body, surmounted by a shaped square roof, each side moulded with five ratnas, supporting a lotus-petal base, with a thirteen-tiered conical-shaped upper section, chattra above, moulded with pendants, a lotus-bud above, the ends of a scarf floating to both sides, surmounted by half-moon, sun and triratna emblems, 14th/15th Century
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