Altar, portable

Description

Altar, gilded copper table with front panel is decorated with Kirtimukha (Face of Majesty) and set with turquoise, the trestle legs and front panel fold into the table top for transport: Tibet, late 19th century AD

Museum reference

A.1990.77 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Altar, portable

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Copper, gilt, Copper, Turquoise

Physical description

Sheet copper, hammered and gilded; band of applique ovoid copper plaques and rosettes of turquoise inlay

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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