PARCEL-GILT COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ 'CHATURBHUJA LOKESHVARA' CASKET
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
£819
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
西藏 十九世紀 銅合金鏨刻四臂觀音蓋盒
the rectangular hinged box and cover raised on bracket feet, worked with Buddhistic animals, mythical beasts and dragons on a dense foliated ground with lotus flower heads, top of the scalloped lid decorated with a four-armed Boddhisattava surrounded by the Ashtamangala borne on lotuses issuing from dense scrolling foliage, the back etched with the 'All-Powerful Ten' interlocking syllables
Dimensions
23cm wide x 20cm high x 14.7cm deep; 1693g
Provenance
Provenance: Nicholas S Pitcher, 20 April 2020, with an original receipt.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: M.62.
Footnote
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價