A silver and copper inlaid repoussé bronze mask of Indra
NepalWearing an elaborate high headdress decorated with a lion mask and scrolling brocaded designs, the deity with serene expression and copper-inlaid horizontal third eye and lips, the main pair of eyes inlaid with silver, the face framed by well-detailed locks of hair, the neck bedecked with an elaborate necklace. 19cm (7 1/2in) high
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A figure of a Bodhisattva wearing a similarly-shaped headdress is in The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, no. M.1979.89.S.