A Gilt Bronze Frieze

TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

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A Gilt Bronze Frieze
Tibet, 14th/15th Century
Well cast in high relief with four figures of goddesses dancing in line on a double lotus base, each with their legs crossed and heads tilted slightly to the right, the four-armed deities holding a variety of ritual objects in their hands, wearing short dhotis tied with billowing sashes at the waist, beaded jewelry inset with semi-precious stones, rosette earrings and elaborate foliate tiaras, their faces with benign expressions with large almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows, all beneath a draped garland
13¾ in. x 14¾ in. (34.9 x 37.4 cm.)

Lot Essay

Gilt bronze friezes of this type are associated with the Kagyu monastic complex of Densatil, compare to the following lot.
For a closely related example, see U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1987, cat. no. 113G; and another sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 1999, lot 114.

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