Description

To be seen from 1 standpoint only, design based on grid crowded with deities and their immortal and animal accessories. Top third commanded by central seated deity with 3-looped headdress, wings, and grooved, full-sleeved robe, flanked by kneeling and sitting attendants (right one possibly drumming); tiny profile Xian immortals fill far corners. To either side of hemispherical knob with pearl border, pair of seated deities with heads turned slightly toward centre; these flanked by animal protomes, cf. Xiwangmu throne type. Lowermost: winged, frontally-seated musician, head skewed to his left, attended by Xian and flanked by dragon heads and smaller Xian riding tortoises.