A large copper-alloy repousse votive panel


Nepal, 19th/early 20th centuryThe 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.
|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.