AN EMBOSSED GILT-COPPER TORANA Nepal, 18th ct. B. 60 cm The horse-shoe shaped, arched torana is embossed with the Garuda-bird at the apex, his arms stretched, his head displaying protruding eyes above the bird’s-beak, tail behind, flanked by a pair of nagarajas showing long curling tails, a pair of makara-heads at the lower section, all encompassed by scrolling clouds and topped with a parasol Property from the Asian and Himalayan art collection of the brothers Kienzle, Swabia, assembled between 1965 and 1986 Mounted, minor wear