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TWO COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ TEAPOTS AND COVERS A GROUP OF THREE RITUAL IMPLEMENTS
Tibet, 19th century Tibet, 19th/20th century
The first wide tapering pot worked with the Eight Buddhist Emblems Comprising: a moulded brass ghanta, with typical vajra finial, the
at the shoulder, flanked with a dragon-form handle and makara-form shoulder with lanca characters within stylised lotus lappets; a copper
spout, the domed lid with a lotus bud knop; the second smaller alloy four-pronged vajra, the compressed globular grip flanked either
vessel similarly decorated. The largest: 30cm (11 3/4in) wide (4). side by a row of stylised lotus petals, the prongs each issuing from
the open jaws of mythical beasts; and a parcel-gilt purbha, the
£1,500 - 2,000 tripartite blade issuing from the jaws of a makara below the stylised
HK$15,000 - 20,000 vajra grip flanked by ‘Endless knots’, all surmounted by a three-
CNY13,000 - 18,000 headed wrathful deity in ferocious expressions.
The largest, the purbha, 27cm (10 5/8in) long (3).
Provenance
The Oliver Robert Coales Collection, acquired by Mr Coales when £800 - 1,200
working and travelling in Eastern Tibet in 1916-17, and thence by HK$8,200 - 12,000
descent. CNY7,200 - 11,000

Provenance
The Oliver Robert Coales Collection, acquired by Mr Coales when
working and travelling in Eastern Tibet in 1916-17, and thence by
descent.

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