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A GROUP OF PARCEL GILT COPPER
ALLOY VESSELS
Tibet, 19th century
Comprising: a tall ewer with monk’s cap-form
reticulated upper section and a double lobed
ewer, each with dragon handles and Makara
spouts, decorated with panels of Buddhist
figures and deities on elaborate scrolling
foliate grounds; and a ritual gilt copper
repoussé box and cover.
The largest: 33cm (13in) high (3).

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
The Property of a Gentleman

Provenance
206 A distinguished English Private Collection

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A GILT-IRON DECORATIVE ELEMENT
FROM A DOOR BOSS
Eastern Tibet, probably 18th/19th century
Of circular form with four central straps
terminating in a central roundel, all reticulated
and gilt with panels of dense foliate designs,
the reverse with leather backing to the
central elements.
23.5cm (9.1/4in) diam.

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000

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208 Y
A SMALL SILVER BUTTER LAMP
Tibet, 19th/20th century
The bell-shaped vessel decorated with
the Eight Buddhist Emblems, the stem
elaborately worked with lappets and incised
floral motifs; together with two hardstone and
coral embellished snuff bottles, stoppers,
19th/20th century.
15cm (5 7/8in) high (5).
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000

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