Two Tibetan silver and copper ga´u boxes and a leather tinder pouch with silver and brass fittings - image-1

Lot 448 Dα

Two Tibetan silver and copper ga´u boxes and a leather tinder pouch with silver and brass fittings

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 700 € - 800 €
Result: 1.116 € (incl. premium)

Two Tibetan silver and copper ga´u boxes and a leather tinder pouch with silver and brass fittings

The two leaf-shaped ga´u boxes decorated with a) Buddha Amitayus in Relief surrounded by open-worked scrolls, b) embossed Eight Auspicious Symbols, with three jewels at top centre and a kirtimukha below, c) the tinder pouch with a large coral cabochon at centre. (3)
Height a) 11 cm; and b) 10.5 cm; c) length 10.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Collogne, acquired in the 1980s/90s from the old-established antique dealer Werner Köntges (1902-1997), Cologne