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Lot 30

A GILT-COPPER STUPA

Estimated Value:

800 € - 1.200 €

Result:

6.475 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 14th/ 15th c.
H. 10 cm
The lotus-base consisting of a double row of lotus-petals continuing into the domed-shaped reliquary section cast with swaying tassels, surmounted by the square harmika, supported by nine parasols and topped with an umbrella, unsealed.
Collection of Joachim Baader, Munich, by tradition assembled in Tibet before 1969, bought from his collection by the present owner 1998
A similar stupa dated to the 15t c. is published ‚Abode of Charity - Tibetan Buddhist Art‘, Hermitage Museum 2015, no. 315 p. 455 - Wear