PAIR VERY RARE TIBETAN BRONZE-GILT MAKARA

Dimensions: Length: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm, Height: 38 cm, Weight 4320 gram.

In ancient Indo-Tibetan cosmology, makara are sea-monsters that balance the universe on their backs as they move through the cosmic ocean. The mythical creature combines the jaws of a crocodile, trunk of an elephant and lion's paws. The mythical creature with crocodile body elaborately cast with gaping mouth and coiled trunk, its tail rising up in a finely detailed foliate swirl, thickly cast from high copper content bronze with rich gilding.
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