17TH CENTURY
Details
A NEPALESE GOLD AMULET BOX
17TH CENTURY
Of square shape with two suspension rings set with turquoise, showing in repousse an eighteen-armed Durga Mahishamardini, standing in pratyalidhasana on a lion and a demon buffalo on her left, in her hands a sword, a drum, a trident and a shield in her upper hands, the corners inlaid with garnet, pearl and emerald
7.5 cm high
17TH CENTURY
Of square shape with two suspension rings set with turquoise, showing in repousse an eighteen-armed Durga Mahishamardini, standing in pratyalidhasana on a lion and a demon buffalo on her left, in her hands a sword, a drum, a trident and a shield in her upper hands, the corners inlaid with garnet, pearl and emerald
7.5 cm high
Literature
Spink and Son Ltd., The Art of Nepal and Tibet, London, 14th - 31th Dec. 1979, no. 85