A SOUTH TIBETAN GILT-COPPER THRONE WITH BACKSLAB, the shaped rectangular two-tiered throne with two supporting figures at both sides, the front cast with a pair of lions flanking a central niche with a vase with scrolling flowers, the backslab cast with two projecting bodhisattva, the upper part with the central khyung, below a pair of makaras standing on the horizintal beam, a pair of sardulas standing on elephants below, the whole with turquoise, sealed, 15th Century