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Lot 822
A METAL AND COPPER PRIEST HAND-BELL 'GHANTA'
Estimated Value:
300 € - 500 €
Schätzpreis:
1.800 €
Description:
Tibet, ca. 18th c.H. 17,5 cm
The dome-shaped lower section cast around the base with a band containing a row of vertically placed vajra emblems, at its shoulder another band with horizontal vajra emblems, inbetween them a garland of lion masks issuing swaying tassels, surmounted by the grip consisting of a divinity-head topped with four curved prongs emerging from the mouths of makaras and placed around a central rod, the inside with clapper
Old Bavarian private collection, acquired on 6.2.1969 from Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart.
Signs of age
