A METAL AND LEATHER BELT,

Description:

Tibet, ca. 18th c,
L. 84 cm
The leather belt is set with five oblong iron plaques, each decorated with a smaller brass one, the latter executed with a pierced design of a central emblem amidst scrolling tendrils and both side plaques with a looped ring for utensil attachments.
From an old German private collection, acquired from Stuttgarter Kunstauktionshaus Dr. Fritz Nagel, Auction 314, 08.03.1986, lot 3962 - Partly traces of age