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192 Y
A LARGE COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ VOTIVE PANEL
Nepal, 19th/early 20th century
The panel finely woven in an intricate mesh of inlaid gilt-wire, decorated
at the centre with Tara flanked by two attendants standing on lotus
bases within a recessed a circular niche surrounded by various smaller
deities and four guardians, framed by scrolling medallion borders, heavily
inlaid with turquoise, coral and semi-precious stones amidst scrolling
gilt-filigree worked throughout with two attached loop handles at top.
78cm (30 6/8in) high.

£25,000 - 30,000
CNY220,000 - 260,000

尼泊爾 十九世纪/二十世纪早期 銅鎏金纍絲嵌寶石掛屏

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

A gilt-metal filigree and inset-stone votive plaque, Nepal, 19th century,
similar to the present example but dedicated to the god Vishnu, is
illustrated in the Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1982-1983,
Chicago, 1983, pp.38-40. Another example in the Newark Museum,
New Jersey, is illustrated by P.Pal, Where the Gods are Young,
New York, 1975, pp.113 and 132, no.83.

A large gilt-metal filigree and inset-stone votive plaque, Nepal,
19th/20th century, similar size to the present one, was sold at
Bonhams San Francisco, 26 June 2018, lot 19.

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