A LARGE NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE UPPER SECTION OF AN AUREOL, in high relief with the central Garuda, his face with sharp beak, bulging eyes, many body-ornaments, snake-aureol behind, both winged arms stretched, grasping with his claws two deified nagas, the last with curling snake-tails, a three-headed snake-canopy behind, flanked to both sides by a makara with curling trunk, open mouth, long scrolling tail, with a pearled and flaming border, 16th/17th Century

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A LARGE NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE UPPER SECTION OF AN AUREOL, in high relief with the central Garuda, his face with sharp beak, bulging eyes, many body-ornaments, snake-aureol behind, both winged arms stretched, grasping with his claws two deified nagas, the last with curling snake-tails, a three-headed snake-canopy behind, flanked to both sides by a makara with curling trunk, open mouth, long scrolling tail, with a pearled and flaming border, 16th/17th Century
92 x 61 cm, mounted

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