DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no.4507 25 cm (9 7/8 in.) highFootnotes丹薩替 藏中 十四世紀 銅鎏金供養天女像 Sculptural images from Densatil are known for their sophisticated jewelry and Nepalese-inspired rounded physiognomy, as seen in this beautiful, four-armed offering goddess. Figural plaques such as the present work would have been attached to a larger rectangular panel, joined by three other offering goddesses, and would have appeared on the fifth tier of a tashi gomang stupa (working top to bottom). While some of these goddesses are easily detached from their panels, other surviving panels have four goddesses cast as a single piece, revealing a range of techniques used for making different stupas. For a similar example, see Han Shuli, Xizang yishu jicui (A Treasury of Tibetan Art), 1995, pl.106. Also see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3127. Provenance: Private Hong Kong Collection