£1,386
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art ft. Scholar's Aesthetics: Dr Kenneth P. Lawley's Collection | 751
Auction: 3 November 2023 at 09:00 GMT
不丹 十八至十九世紀 銀局部鎏金鏨刻龍紋圓蓋盒
the hinged box decorated with Buddhist animals alternating with auspicious emblems in quatrefoil cartouches reserved on a floral ground, the cover similarly worked, with a dragon on a densely foliated ground with lotus flower heads encircling a high petalled finial crowned with a green-coloured stone, the base incised with a wheel of vajra, flanked with a floral catch
Provenance: Sotheby's, 2004 (according to collector's inventory).
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: M.33.
Note: Compare to a slightly larger Bhutanese silver repoussé and turquoise-inlaid box and cover, 19th century or earlier, sold at Bonham's London, 7 Nov 2016, lot 565.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價