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A Rare Silver and Gold Damascened Iron Ritual Container
TIBET, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare Silver and Gold Damascened Iron Ritual Container
Tibet, circa 16th Century
Consisting of three round compartments, each decorated around the sides with skulls damascened in silver and copper in the four cardinal directions, all interspersed with scrolling flames in gold with incised outlines and between gold borders, the domed cover with incised lotus petals and half-vajra finial
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Tibet, circa 16th Century
Consisting of three round compartments, each decorated around the sides with skulls damascened in silver and copper in the four cardinal directions, all interspersed with scrolling flames in gold with incised outlines and between gold borders, the domed cover with incised lotus petals and half-vajra finial
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Body, Speech and Mind, Buddhist Art from Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and China, Spink and Son, Ltd., p. 66f., cat. no. 34.
Exhibited
London, Spink and Son, Ltd., Body, Speech and Mind, Buddhist Art from Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and China, cat. no. 34, December 1998.