A FINE CARVED HORN MAGICAL POWDER CONTAINER

Description:

Tibet, ca. 19th cent.
L. 20 cm
The tapering vessel is shaped in the form of a yak horn closed with a metal cover incised with a vishvavajra at the bottom, the complete surface is decorated with various animals including a large kyung-bird, dragon, snakes, stupa and other emblems.
Old and important Southern German private collection, assembled since the 1970s - Slightly chipped, traces of age