Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 88
A MASSIVE TIBETAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER MONK'S CAP EWER 18TH/19TH CENTURY The hammered body tapering...
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £16000
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Description
A MASSIVE TIBETAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER MONK'S CAP EWER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The hammered body tapering toward the foot, with panels of gilt openwork Buddhist emblems amongst scrolls and foliage, the powerfully-modelled handle formed as a dragon, 52cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection.
Cf. Treasures of the Snow Mountains, p.180, no.91 for a closely related example in the Potala Palace collection.