Tibetan Pair of Brass Male & Female Snow Lions

This well-cast pair of snow lions have been cast as a pair – one clearly is male and the other clearly is female. Each has been cast as the mirror image of the other.

Their bodies are undulating and taper in a realistic manner. Each looks ready to pounce!

They stand on all four feet, mouths agape and with tails protruding at the rear. Each has been engraved with stripe motifs.

The underside of each has a rectangular opening in the belly into which prayers would have been put and which was then sealed shut with a plaque.

Possibly, the lions are intended to represent a daka (male) and a dakini (female) that took the form of snow lions. (Dakas and dakinis are  enlightened beings, representing the male and female principles of wisdom in tantric practice. They are embodiments of transformative energies and wisdom, and when they wish to appear in physical form, they might choose to take an animal form.)

Each is in fine condition.