COLONNE ARCHITECTURALE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE MONASTÈRE DENSATIL, TIBET, VERS LE XIVE SIÈCLECOLONNE ARCHITECTURALE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVREMONASTÈRE DENSATIL, TIBET, VERS LE XIVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205243 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.) highA COPPER ALLOY ARCHITECTURAL COLUMNDENSATIL MONASTERY, TIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY丹薩替寺 西藏 約十四世紀 銅柱Photographs taken of Densatil monastery, before it was destroyed in the 20th century, show the original setting for this ornamental pillar on a Kagyu tashi gomang stupa (Czaja & Poser, Golden Visions of Densatil, New York, 2014). Such stupas represented the celestial abode of the great transformative deity Chakrasamvara. On either side is a four-armed male and female retinue deity - with their attributes intact - standing above a pot of life and supporting a lotus capital. Compare a related example sold Christies, New York, 27 March 2003, lot 105.