Description: dating: 16th/17th Century provenance: Tibet, Wooden structure, composed of four pieces, front and back part and visible parts of the base elements are covered with iron plaques, richly pierced, chiselled, engraved and gilded, with kirtimukha (the macabre and terrible guardian of the threshold), dragons, deer, birds and floral motifs, partially decorated with semi-precious stones. Saddle cover of a later period. Extremely rare. length 53 cm.