The DeNsatil (gDan.sa.mthil) monastery, located near present Tsetang (rTse.thang), was founded in A.D. 1108. It became the sanctuary of the Phag.mo.grub family, who ruled from the mid-fourteenth century for more then hundred year over Tibet. Once the central temple held tombs for the remains of their princes and religious leaders. The frieze under review formed originally a small section of one of the lower borders of such a tomb. The bronze monuments might have been executed with the help of Nepalese craftsmen as the Nepalese component is very strong.
The Phag.mo.grub.pas were at the height of their power during the late fourteenth to early fifteenth centuries. Taking the quality of this plaque into consideration it is not to be excluded that it was casted during the heydays of their glory.
Interesting to note is that the plaque is casted with the letter 'dza', which is not only a letter from the Tibetan alphabet, but represents as well number 19. As the number has been casted and therefore not a later addition, it is almost sure that it concerns the sequence number for the lower border of one of the tombs.