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Property from the Collection of Francisco Capelo
A Gilt Copper Garuda Finial
NEPAL, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Gilt Copper Garuda Finial
Nepal, circa 16th century
Finely cast in a perched position with arms and wings outstretched, with curling feathers around the chest and armlets of snakes, his face with a benign expression flanked by large round earrings, his hair gathered in a domed topknot and secured with a coiled snake hairband, backed by a two-tiered openwork aureole of scrollwork
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
Nepal, circa 16th century
Finely cast in a perched position with arms and wings outstretched, with curling feathers around the chest and armlets of snakes, his face with a benign expression flanked by large round earrings, his hair gathered in a domed topknot and secured with a coiled snake hairband, backed by a two-tiered openwork aureole of scrollwork
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Philip Goldman Collection, London
Literature
Ph. Rawson, Tantra, Hayward Gallery, London, 1971, no. 414, p. 92.
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery, Tantra, 1971, cat. no. 414.