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Lot 1261
Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
Lot Description
A Tibetan Silver Travelling Shrine, Ga‘u
QING DYNASTY (1644-1912)
清 藏銀噶烏盒
of tiered form having a curved recto and verso with pointed corners, depicting fourteen deities in four registers; at bottom, three wrathful deities surmounted by eight peaceful figures holding alms bowls, further surmounted by a central figure of a lama wearing a pandita hat; the registers framed by architectural elements resembling a pagoda roof, having a lotus base.
of tiered form having a curved recto and verso with pointed corners, depicting fourteen deities in four registers; at bottom, three wrathful deities surmounted by eight peaceful figures holding alms bowls, further surmounted by a central figure of a lama wearing a pandita hat; the registers framed by architectural elements resembling a pagoda roof, having a lotus base.
Length 6 in., 15.2 cm.
Property from the Collection of Bruce H. and Eleanor A. Knowles, Williamsburg, Virginia
This lot is located in Chicago.