An excellent partially gilt iron derge writing pen case

Description:

Tibet, ca. 15th/16th cent.
L. 43,5 cm
Finely worked with four dragons and tendrils in openwork. The ends are each adorned with lotus buds.
Old and important German private collection, collected since the 1950s until 2007, old collection card with inv. no. 68, thus probably collected before 1980
See a very similar pen case in the collection of the British Museum, London, dated to the 15th century, inv. no. 1933,0508.34 - Minor traces of use