9th Nov, 2022 12:00

Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 35
 

35

TWO HIMALAYAN CONTAINERS

TWO HIMALAYAN CONTAINERS, 19TH CENTURY, comprising a Tibetan copper amulet box with brass overlaid scrollwork design, and a Nepalese brass scent bottle on lotus base with Mughal style ribbed body, later chain, 13 x 10.5 x 3.5cm; 8.4cm high

Provenance: Private collection, Western England

For a near identical Nepalese container, see Bussabarger and Robins 1968, p.75

Sold for £110


 

TWO HIMALAYAN CONTAINERS, 19TH CENTURY, comprising a Tibetan copper amulet box with brass overlaid scrollwork design, and a Nepalese brass scent bottle on lotus base with Mughal style ribbed body, later chain, 13 x 10.5 x 3.5cm; 8.4cm high

Provenance: Private collection, Western England

For a near identical Nepalese container, see Bussabarger and Robins 1968, p.75