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BOL COUVERT SUR PIED EN ALLIAGE
D’ARGENT INCRUSTÉ
Mongolie, XIXe siècle avec éléments
antérieurs
AN INLAID SILVER-ALLOY STEM BOWL AND
COVER
Mongolia, 19th century with earlier elements
The deep rounded bowl flanked by a pair
of mythical beast handles, with a wide brim
and a stepped inverted rim, supported on
an openwork lotus stem raised on four
Buddhist lions set on a circular stepped disc,
surmounted with a domed stepped silver and
jade cover with a compressed globular finial
decorated in relief with six chi-dragons below
the jade bead finial, variously decorated with
foliate lotus sprays.
26.5cm (10 3/8in) high. (2).
€2,000 - 3,000

蒙古 十九世紀 銀合金嵌寶花卉紋雙獸耳高
足蓋盌
Provenance:
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)

來源：
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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LAMPE À BEURRE EN ALLIAGE
D’ARGENT
Tibet, XIXe siècle
A SILVER ALLOY BUTTER LAMP
Tibet, 19th century
Set on a domed lotus base with bulbous mid
section incised with flowerheads, the flaring
cup with bands of petals and shaped panels
containing the auspicious symbols of the
chakravartin.
23cm (9in) high.
€1,500 - 2,000

Provenance:
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
The butter lamp, also called ‘The Dharma
Light’, is an essential ritual item in Tibetan
Buddhism facilitating the offering of light to
enlightened beings. The lamp would have
been prominently displayed beside a temple
altar and kept burning as a perpetual flame,
tended by monks.

西藏 十九世紀 銀酥油燈
來源：
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
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