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A TIBETAN SILVER BOWL AND AN A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INSET WHITE A SILVER REPOUSSÉ BOWL
INDIAN BRASS BEAKER METAL OVAL SNUFF BOX Nepal, 19th century
19th century 18th century Decorated in low relief with a central band
The silver cup bearing the bajixiang, Eight The cover with fitted mother-of-pearl plaque, with tiger, goat, monkey and bull in between
Buddhist Emblems, on a dense foliate carved with a seated courting couple beside a Buddhist endless knot and lotus flowers,
ground, in between lappets and key-fret a dog in a tree-strewn river landscape, the with modern turquoise embroidered cloth
bands, fitted box; together with an Indian base plaque uncarved. support. 15cm (5 7/8in) diam. (2).
brass beaker with a mouse, a pig and a 7.2cm (2 7/8in) long
snake amongst lotus scroll. The tallest: £600 - 800
12.1cm (4 3/4in) high (3). £600 - 800 HK$5,800 - 7,800
HK$5,800 - 7,800 CNY5,100 - 6,800
£800 - 1,200 CNY5,100 - 6,800
HK$7,800 - 12,000 Provenance
CNY6,800 - 10,000 Purchased in Nepal by the British diplomat
Duncan Slater on an expedition through the
Himalayas to Mount Everest in 1969 and
thence from the family.

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