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Gilt repousse copper panels of Tantric beings TIBET, circa 14th…
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Sydney
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10-Aug-2014
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Gilt repousse copper panels of Tantric beings TIBET, circa 14th – 15th century, the panels of five cartouches formed by a foliate swirl depicts two dancing Dakinis, each brandishing a chopper (krrtikha) and skull cup (kepala), separated by a skull cup filled with matter, one resting on a three-petalled lotus, the other on a five petalled lotus carefully made to resemble sharp claws. Below them is the corpulent figure of a wrathful deity, also holding a kepala and kirrtikha. Height 10 ¼ inches (26 cm)
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