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11. A plaque depicting Bhairav Nepal 19th century copper repousse Diameter: 7 ¾” (20 cm) |
The cold gilded dark god with 18 arms, each holding an attribute, wears a garland of severed heads and tramples on prostrate corpses above a lotus throne. A dense border of floral and foliate motifs, quartered by kirrtimukha heads surrounds the deity within his encircling flames. |