A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN WITH COPPER INLAY, TIBET, 13TH CENTURY

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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN WITH COPPER INLAY

TIBET, 13TH CENTURY

Height 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm)

the guardian wearing a helmet with the flaps pinned up, dressed in finely incised layered armor with a hem of copper inlay, the sleeves long and draping, the chest showing lotus roundel breast plates, the belt along the waist decorated with a wrathful face, the skirt pleated and swaying to the side

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13711.