A Tibetan gilt-bronze stupa

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A Tibetan gilt-bronze stupa
with inset panel painted with a seated Buddha above steps and Buddhistic lions and lotus petals, the details inlaid in coral and malachite -- 4½.in (11.5cm) high; and a Singhalese ivory mask of a snarling mythical animal -- 3½.in (8.9cm) high, both 18th Century, (old wear).
See Colour Plate 2 for one. (2)

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