Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Property from another collection
Lot 1115

A gilt copper alloy ritual libation ewer (kalasha)
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/19th century

19 March 2012, 14:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$12,500 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A gilt copper alloy ritual libation ewer (kalasha)

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/19th century
Raised on a spreading lotus foot, the pear-shaped body set with a long tapering spout issuing from the mouth of a dragon and secured to the body by interlinked square earrings. Set opposite a slender S-shaped dragon-headed handle. The dome lid with a precious jewel finial. The ovoid body is finely work with multiple beaded swags issued from kirrtimukha masks around the shoulder. 19 in. (48.3 cm) high

Footnotes

Compare with a more angular version inspired by Ming proto-types in the Newark Museum of Art, see Reynolds, Tibet: A Lost World, 1978, no. 159 and another formerly in the Sartin Collection, sold in these room September 13, 2011, lot 1043.

Provenance:
Acquired from The Zentner Collection, 2004
J. Russell Wherritt Trust

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A rare Chinese group of the Tyrolean Dancers, Qianlong period, circa 1752