An Silver and Copper Damascened Iron Dish
Lot 111

An Silver and Copper Damascened Iron Dish

TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

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USD 5,750

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An Silver and Copper Damascened Iron Dish
Tibet, 17th Century
With flaring sides joined to an cylindrical footrim with brass pins, decorated around the exterior with a frieze of faces flanked by scrolling flames alternating with skulls with incised outlines and damascened in copper and silver
13.5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

This type of iron offering dish would likely have been supported by a tripod stand during ceremonies, compare Christie's New York, September 17, 1998, lot 93.