Asian Art II - 14th November 2018
Lot 540
A TIBETAN BRASS AND COPPER DUOMU AND A MILK TEA TEAPOT 19TH CENTURY Each vessel decorated with...
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A TIBETAN BRASS AND COPPER DUOMU AND A MILK TEA TEAPOT
19TH CENTURY
Each vessel decorated with Eight Buddhist Symbols, stylised foliage, animal masks and four pointed vajras, the ovoid ewer with a dragon-shaped handle and elephant-shaped spout, the cover surmounted by a lotus bud, 41cm. (2)
Cf. C Ho and B Bronson, Splendors of China's Forbidden City, The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong, pp.195-196, no.238 for a silver milk tea teapot from the Qianlong period in the Palace Museum Collection.