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Lot 179

VERSEUSE RITUELLE EN ACIER DAMASQUINÉ LAITON ET OR
TIBET ORIENTAL, DERGÉ, VERS XVIIE SIÈCLE

15 December 2022, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

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VERSEUSE RITUELLE EN ACIER DAMASQUINÉ LAITON ET OR

TIBET ORIENTAL, DERGÉ, VERS XVIIE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205068
39 cm (15 3/8 in.) high

Footnotes

A BRASS AND GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL RITUAL EWER
EASTERN TIBET, DERGE, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

藏東 更慶鎮 約十七世紀 鋼鋄金銅執壺

The circular body of this ritual ewer is decorated with auspicious symbols around the central recessed panel containing a visvavajra. The handle and spout are cast here as a makara and a dragon, respectively. Bearing the technical hallmarks of damascened objects from Derge, this elaborate vessel blends together Tibetan decorative motifs to a Central Asian shape. See a closely related beer jug with dragon decorations in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.22-1928), as well as a silver ewer sold at Bonhams, San Francisco, 26 June 2018, lot 24.

Published:
Ramon Prats, et.al., Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p.108, no.33.

Exhibited:
Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación "La Caixa", Madrid, November 2000-January 2001.

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1990s

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