A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER AND SILVERED KAPALA WITH COVER ON STAND, the base of semi-circular form with ajour scrolling and flowerheads, supporting the flaming ajour triangular stand decorated with three silver skulls, the silvered kapala with gilt-copper rim, the cover with wide everted rim, embossed with central visvavajra, floralized lotus-petals, triratnas of lapis lazuli and turquoise beads, and half-vajra finial
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A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER AND SILVERED KAPALA WITH COVER ON STAND, the base of semi-circular form with ajour scrolling and flowerheads, supporting the flaming ajour triangular stand decorated with three silver skulls, the silvered kapala with gilt-copper rim, the cover with wide everted rim, embossed with central visvavajra, floralized lotus-petals, triratnas of lapis lazuli and turquoise beads, and half-vajra finial
21 cm high
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