Asian Art - 14th November 2017

Lot 5

A TIBETAN HORN POWDER FLASK 18TH/19TH CENTURY Carved in the form of a mythical creature

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £2600

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Description

A TIBETAN HORN POWDER FLASK

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Carved in the form of a mythical creature, decorated in shallow relief with further creatures both real and mythical including a boar, a toad, a Garuda clasping two snakes and Buddhist symbols, 19cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr J S Gordon, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, on 21st September 1994, the original invoice is available.

Cf. Shanghai Museum, Treasures from Snow Mountains, p.206, no.116 for a comparable powder horn.