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A WHITE METAL AND COPPER
BUDDHIST SHRINE, GAO
Tibet, late 19th century
The portable shrine decorated in repoussé
with lanca characters and other Buddhist
motifs, the central glazed niche with a seated
Tara, with a fitted silk pouch. 12.5cm (4 7/8in)
high (2).
£800 - 1,000
CNY7,100 - 8,800
HK$8,800 - 11,000
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312
A RITUAL CONCH SHELL TRUMPET, RAG
GSHOG-MA
Tibet, 20th century
The left turning shell mounted with silvered
copper alloy wing worked in repoussé with a
makara beside the Eight Buddhist Symbols,
with elongated posterior rod.
36cm (14 1/8in) long

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000
A very similar conch shell trumpet is in the
312 collection of the National Music Museum,
South Dakota, US, Beedee Gallery, item
no. NMM 7199. Joe R. and Joella F. Utley
Collection, 1999.

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A SILVER BUTTER LAMP
Tibet, probably 19th century
Of fine repoussé, the graduated foot with
jewel and lotus petal bands, rising gracefully
to an amrita vase grip with inset turquoise
and coral beads, all surmounted by a
bowl-shaped tray with four applied ogival
cartouches of Buddhist symbols on a finely
engraved ground.
20.5cm (8in) high
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

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