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A WHITE METAL AND EBONY TRAVELLING SET A PARCEL-GILT REPOUSSÉ COPPER AND SILVER CROWN
Mongolia, late 19th century Tibet, 19th century
Consisting of an ebony and white metal mounted case, containing a The curving cylindrical diadem worked in repoussé relief with a pair
pair of chopsticks and a steel knife, suspended from a bamboo toggle of writhing dragons enclosing a double vajra, flanked by two stylised
and a large, two part ruyi metal buckle, decorated with openwork rosettes inlaid with turquoise and hardstones and two peacocks, all
designs of lotus buds, ruyi and scrollwork, the case 52cm (20 1/5in) within a ground of intricate scrollwork and clouds, surmounted by five
long; an unusual white metal pouch, shaped as an elephant, also silver skulls each with a flaming, leaf-shaped headdress issuing from
suspended from a similar buckle. the grinning jaws.
13cm (5 2/8in) wide (2). 18.5cm (7 2/8in) diam.

£12,000 - 15,000 CNY120,000 - 150,000 £5,000 - 8,000 CNY48,000 - 77,000
HK$140,000 - 180,000 HK$59,000 - 94,000

蒙古十九世紀末 白金屬嵌紫檀行旅用具一套 西藏十九世紀 局部鎏金赤銅及銀法王冠

Compare a similar set illustrated by N.Tsultem, Mongolian Arts and 100 *
Crafts, Ulan-Bator, 1987, pl.64; Spink, Body, Speech and Mind:
Buddhist Art from Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and China, London, 1998. TWO GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF DEITIES
19th century
Comprising a figure of Vajrapani striding in alidhasana, his left hand in
vitarka mudra and the right raised holding a vajra, dressed in a tiger
skin and adorned with beaded festoons, sashes, and snakes 13.5cm
(5 2/8in) high; and a figure of nine-headed Yamantaka Vajrabhairava
standing in alidhasana in yabym position with his consort of which
only the lower portion of the body remains, his main hands holding
a curved knife and a skull cap, the others holding various attributes,
adorned with beaded jewellery and a garland of severed heads.
14.5cm (5 6/8in) high (2 ).

£6,000 - 8,000 CNY58,000 - 77,000
HK$71,000 - 94,000

十九世紀 銅鎏金法像 一組兩件

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