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A gilt-bronze kapala cup and cover Tibetan, probably early 20th century (2) image 1
A gilt-bronze kapala cup and cover Tibetan, probably early 20th century (2) image 2
Lot 108

A gilt-bronze kapala cup and cover
Tibetan, probably early 20th century

10 November 2016, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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A gilt-bronze kapala cup and cover

Tibetan, probably early 20th century
The skull cup, mounted with gilt copper lining, surmounted by a domed cover bearing oblong shape and elaborately cast with intricate designs of striding dragons above crashing waves, alternating to wrathful figures of Jambhala, Vaisravana, Yama Dharmaraja and Chamunda and Magzor Gyalmo, all amidst vaporous clouds, the knop rising from a double lotus pedestal and shaped as a half vajra.
18.4cm (7 2/8in) long (2).

Footnotes

西藏或二十世紀初 銅鎏金護法神像紋髏皿

Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent

來源: 歐洲私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今

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