A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE, of circular form, embossed with Mahishasuramardini in the centre, standing in pratyalidhasana on her lion and the demon-bull, her arms radiating around her body and holding her specific attributes, wearing dhoti, skirt, many body-ornaments, her face with wrathful expression, urna, elongated earlobes with circular earrings, flanked on both sides by wrathful deities, each holding a sword, 15th/16th Century
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A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE, of circular form, embossed with Mahishasuramardini in the centre, standing in pratyalidhasana on her lion and the demon-bull, her arms radiating around her body and holding her specific attributes, wearing dhoti, skirt, many body-ornaments, her face with wrathful expression, urna, elongated earlobes with circular earrings, flanked on both sides by wrathful deities, each holding a sword, 15th/16th Century
17.5 cm diameter, on perspex base
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