A TIBETAN COPPER STUPA, the base with a double row of lotus-petals, supporting a bell-shaped body, moulded with two horizontal ribs, surmounted by a square roof, partly set with coral and turquois, an eleven tiered conical shaped upper section with lotus-bud finial above, sealed and engraved with eight petals, each containing a Buddhist symbol, 14th/15th Century
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A TIBETAN COPPER STUPA, the base with a double row of lotus-petals, supporting a bell-shaped body, moulded with two horizontal ribs, surmounted by a square roof, partly set with coral and turquois, an eleven tiered conical shaped upper section with lotus-bud finial above, sealed and engraved with eight petals, each containing a Buddhist symbol, 14th/15th Century
27 cm high
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