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A BHUTANESE SILVER REPOUSSÉ AND
TURQUOISE-INLAID BOX AND COVER
19th century or earlier
The hinged circular box finely worked with
Buddhist emblems, animals, mythical beasts
and dragons on a dense foliate ground with
lotus flower heads, the lid with a ring of inset
turquoise, crowned with a petalled finial,
flanked with a floral catch. 20cm (7 7/8in)
wide

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY8,600 - 17,000 HK$10,000 - 20,000

Compare with a Bhutanese box and cover of
similar form with a turquoise finial, 19th century
or earlier, in the Victoria & Albert Museum
collection, no. I.M. 257-1927.

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A GROUP OF TIBETAN REPOUSSÉ-
DECORATED STEM CUPS AND COVERS
20th century or earlier
Comprising: a silver stem cup and cover,
the stupa-form lid and cupped mid-section
finely worked with mythical animals and
figural scenes on a dense scrolling foliate
background; a smaller silver stem cup
and cover, similarly decorated; a possibly
Mongolian flat silver cover worked with figural
scenes; and a gilt-copper tiered cover finely
worked with Buddhist attributes and figural
scenes. The largest: 24cm (9 1/2in) high (8).

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY8,600 - 17,000 HK$10,000 - 20,000

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