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TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ MANDORLA
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
The top register of the openwork mandorla worked with addorsed makaras on either side with scrolling tails, rising up to support a central top image of Garuda flanked by attendant creatures, the bottom registers with bodhisattvas, elephants, and griffins, all within a beaded and flaming border
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
The top register of the openwork mandorla worked with addorsed makaras on either side with scrolling tails, rising up to support a central top image of Garuda flanked by attendant creatures, the bottom registers with bodhisattvas, elephants, and griffins, all within a beaded and flaming border
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24060