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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze openwork torana
Tibet, 15th century
With a void at center topped by a halo with a trefoil opening and centered by a kirttimukha mask, surrounded by six unidentified Tibetan teachers seated within scrolling niches and a flaming border
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
Tibet, 15th century
With a void at center topped by a halo with a trefoil opening and centered by a kirttimukha mask, surrounded by six unidentified Tibetan teachers seated within scrolling niches and a flaming border
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Onno Janssens Collection, Netherlands, acquired in Amsterdam by 1999
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources, www.himalayanart.org, item no. 66770