A LARGE MONGOLIAN OR TIBETO CHINESE GILT-METAL GAHU BOX, the front embossed with 'khyung-bird at top, flanked to each side by a naga, mythological animal, man on a deer, lion and elephant, at lower section buddhist symbols, all amidst scrolling, around a shaped window, the last with small painting on linen depicting Amitabha, late 19th Century

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A LARGE MONGOLIAN OR TIBETO CHINESE GILT-METAL GAHU BOX, the front embossed with 'khyung-bird at top, flanked to each side by a naga, mythological animal, man on a deer, lion and elephant, at lower section buddhist symbols, all amidst scrolling, around a shaped window, the last with small painting on linen depicting Amitabha, late 19th Century
29.5 cm high

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