GOLDEN COPPER HALO
NEPAL, XVI-XVII CENTURY
In the shape of a horseshoe, with openwork foliage scrolls, the lower part consists of a red lacquered central niche, surrounded by two divinities with four arms, surmounted by two Makara, the upper part enhanced by a winged garuda holding the two Nagaraja, the periphery adorned with a frieze of divinities; shortages
Height: 34 cm. (13 3/8 in.)
Details
- Title : A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE HALO
- Classification : Cultural Objects
- Medium : Gilt - Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 16TH/17TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 341
- Post Lot Text : A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE HALO NEPAL, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 5,000
- Estimate : EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000