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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ MANDORLA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

The upper register of the mandorla is openworked with makaras on either
side with scrolling tails, rising up to support a central top image of Vajravahini
fanked by naginis, the lower registers with elephants, grifins, and dancing
fgures, all within a beaded and faming border.
9 in. (23 cm.) high, later wood stand

£6,000-8,000 $8,700-11,000
€7,600-10,000

PROVENANCE:

With David Rossier Antiquaire, Geneva, May 1986.
Property from a Private Swiss Collection, amassed between 1963 and 1980.

西藏 十五世紀 銅鎏金背光 來源：於1986年5月購自
日內瓦古董商David Rossier Antiquaire

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A CEREMONIAL BRONZE BELL WITH A GILT PROVENANCE:
BRONZE HANDLE, GHANTA
17TH CENTURY Property from a Private Swiss Collection.
Gallerie Koller, Zurich, 5 December 1998, lot 17.
The handle is cast as a crowned wisdom deity below a
four-pronged vajra. The bell is decorated with Buddhist 清十七世紀 銅鎏金金剛鈴 來
emblems between beaded festoons, all below lappets 源：於1998年12月5日購自蘇黎世古
containing lanca characters. The interior is inscribed in 董商Galerie Koller,品號17
Tibetan and Chinese seal script.
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300
€2,600-3,800

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*648

A BRONZE BELL AND A VAJRA
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

The bell is cast to the handle with a gilt deity, inset with turquoise, below a
four-pronged vajra, all above the bell decorated with Buddhist emblems within
beaded garlands. The vajra is cast to the central section with lotus friezes
centred by a rounded knob.
The largest, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

(2)

£4,000-6,000 $5,800-8,600
€5,100-7,600

PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private Swiss Collection.
Gallerie Koller, Zurich, 16 May 1987, lot 25.

西藏 十七世紀 成套銅金剛杵金剛鈴配收納匣 來源： 648
於1987年5 月16日購自蘇黎世古董商Galerie Koller，品號25

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