A TIBETAN SILVER AND BRASS AMULET-BOX, GAHU, of pointed arched form, the front with elaborate repoussé decoration of a Khyung, two dragons, lion, the Eight Buddhist symbols, pair of birds, pair of lions, kirtimukha and a pair of deer flanking the wheel, amidst dense foliage, all around a niche containing a tsa-tsa figure of Kubera, the sides each with a pair of strap handles, in red velvet covering, late 19th Century
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A TIBETAN SILVER AND BRASS AMULET-BOX, GAHU, of pointed arched form, the front with elaborate repoussé decoration of a Khyung, two dragons, lion, the Eight Buddhist symbols, pair of birds, pair of lions, kirtimukha and a pair of deer flanking the wheel, amidst dense foliage, all around a niche containing a tsa-tsa figure of Kubera, the sides each with a pair of strap handles, in red velvet covering, late 19th Century
20 cm high
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