A pair of large gold, silver and copper overlaid iron door bosses, Tibet, 16th / 17th century

A pair of large gold, silver and copper overlaid iron door bosses
Tibet, 16th / 17th century
西藏 十六 / 十七世紀 鐵鑲金銀銅大鋪首一對

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Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68465.
HAR編號68465

Diameter 11 in., 29 cm

Condition Report:
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Catalogue Note:
These two finely wrought door fittings represent the renowned Tibetan mastery of damascene ironwork, a skill traditionally associated with the specialist workshops at Derge in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. The projecting domed bosses depict the silvered faces of wrathful guardian deities, with bulging eyes outlined in gold, flared nostrils, wide open mouths showing silvered teeth and fangs, red copper lips, and with the menacing curled tips of the tongues, flaming eyebrows and mustache, and ears all overlaid in gold. The faces are framed by golden rings of fire emanating from the mouths of silver white skulls, with red copper severed heads at the cardinal points. Each boss would have been attached to adjacent temple doors by means of a sturdy iron pin through the hole below the lower lip, and another pin hinged to a ring pull and passing through the channel in the forehead.