SANKHA

Bronze
China / Tibet 16th century
Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 3,5 cm
Weight: 293 grams
Openwork plaque, probably from a stupa, the goddess depicted holding the conch in front while dancing on a lotus, turquoise inlaid jewellery, mounted 11.5cm high The Auspicious Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism are sometimes personified as deities holding the image of the symbol. Sankha is the goddess of the conch, one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. She is depicted in dancing attitude with a conch-shell in her hands. She would have been accompanied on a stupa by the remaining seven Auspicious Symbols.
Former collection Deborah Leonov, London 2001
Minor wear