A GILT BRONZE PANEL WITH APSARAS

TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

Details

A GILT BRONZE PANEL WITH APSARAS
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
With three flying apsaras above cloud scrolls with a floral spray between them, surrounded by oil lamps, conch shells and votive offerings, all encircled by beaded rim with flaming border, heavily cast and richly gilt
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by 4 March 1973

Literature

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24055

Lot Essay

Bronze panels of this type are documented as part of the lotus base for large sculpture in the Densatil monastery; see P. Mele, Tibet, 1988, p.62 and O.Czaja and A.Proser, Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, 2014, pp.36-37, fig.15 and pp.160-161, cat. no.41.

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