TIBET, DENSATIL, 15TH CENTURY

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A gilt bronze frieze with dancers
Tibet, Densatil, 15th century
Cast in high relief with four goddesses dancing over a lotus base with beaded rim, each with legs crossed and head tilted to her right, a variety of implements held in four arms, wearing long dhotis tied with a jeweled sash inset with hardstones, adorned with multiple necklaces, earrings and tiara also inset, the faces with serene expressions outlined by a halo, all beneath a draped garland
15 in. (38 cm.) wide

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Acquired by the present owner circa 1991

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Gilt bronze friezes of this type are associated with the Kagyu monastic complex of Densatil, compare with the previous lots.
For a related example, see U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1987, fig. 113G, p. 431; and another sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 1999, lot 114.