A MOUTHWASH BOTTLE (CHAB LUG) AND THREE DIFFERENTLY SHAPED MEDICINE SPOONS MADE OF SILVER OR BRASS AND A PRECIOUS WOOD AND SILVER EATING AND DRINKING BOWL

Estimated Value:

400 € - 600 €

Result:

1.036 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 19th c. and Outer Mongolia, 19th c.
L. 10.6 - 17.3 cm und D. 16,5 cm
Such mouth rinsing bottles are traditionally placed in square bags made of silk brocade, which have a size of approx. 25 cm. The chab lugs are worn visibly by dignitaries at the front of the belt of the order's robe. They also indicate the status and rank of the wearer. The patterns of the brocades used are usually carefully selected and show motifs of lucky dragons, phoenix birds, Taoist motifs or clouds and water waves, among others. The purpose of these vials is for ritual mouth cleansing before recitations of mantras and sacred texts. Silver, partly gold-plated; copper; braided, red-coloured cords and three medicine spoons made of silver or brass. Such utensils are used by Tibetan doctors, and their assistants, for portioning medicines and the like - Bruyère wood from the tuber of the tree heath and silver. Such bowls are traditionally used in Mongolia as eating and/or drinking bowls. Special emphasis is placed on the selection of the grain of the wood. On the one hand, the extent to which the silver is used expresses the wealth of the owner, and on the other, silver is considered beneficial to health; it also keeps both food and drink hot for longer. The solid silver base features floral motifs, and the twelve signs of the zodiac on the underside.
Joachim Schlotterbeck Collection (1926-2007), sold Nagel, 9.11.2002, lot 2454. The bowl: From the estate of the collections of Consul General Heinrich Betz (1873-1957) and his son Erwin Betz (Tianjin 1907 - Bonn 1982), acquired in China before 1945, sold Nagel, 14.5.1999, lot 1209a - Very minor traces of age
Cf. Masterpieces of Nomadic Mongolia - Collections of Gansukh Sodnom; published by "Munkhiin-Useg"
Co., Ltd.; Ulaanbaatar, 2015

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