A FINE SILVER CENSER

Estimated Value:

1.200 € - 1.800 €

Schätzpreis:

5.000 €

Description:

Tibet, 19th ct.
H. 34 cm mit Aufhängung, D. 19,5 cm
The globular-pressed body is standing on three clawed-feet, embossed with three oval medallions containing a mountain divinity seated on roaring lions placed within a scrolling tendril design, a pair of looped rings set with a chain for attachment, the separate hammered cover decorated with a scrolling tendril band around the rim decorated with animals and emblems continuing into a band of lotus-petals supporting a tapering ornament embossed with Jambhala at its top. Weight: 1,61 kg.
German private collection, according to tradition acquired in Kathmandu in 1979
Very minor traces of age

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