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THBPair of 20th C. Tibetan Copper & Silver Prayer Boxes
Lot 100
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Mar 11, 2021
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Featuring antiquities, ancient and works of art ranging from the third millennium BCE to the present from China, Japan, South and Southeast Asia, and Korea. Including jades, bronzes, lacquer, textiles, paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, and other art forms in other media. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Central Asia, Tibet, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. Two marvelous gau prayer boxes used as a personal shrine for traveling practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. Both featuring discoid forms, one is made of copper and the other of silver. The one made of copper displays a central iron relief of six praying figures, one of which is Buddha, all surrounded by a copper border of two undulating dragons amongst a floral motif with a demon-like figure at the bottom. The entire box is covered by a cloth brocade carrying case of red and gold with spherical brass buckles to secure it and a long olive-hued strap that enables it to be easily transported. Quality of Silver: 62.6%; Weight of silver case: 324.9 grams; Size of largest box: 4" in diameter x 1.5" W (10.2 cm x 3.8 cm); Size of largest with strap: 26" L (66 cm)
The silver case is adorned with a gorgeous starburst design around a central turquoise embellishment. The gau is topped with a large, decorative buckle that tapers at each end to two pointed pommels and is capped with a teardrop-shaped suspension loop. A lovely orange strap is tied to the other side, showcasing five decorative pom-poms, several extending tassels near the box, and a singular pom-pom with two red, green, black, and white fabric adornments at the other end. Gau like these examples were typically worn as ornaments during festivals and kept in prayer niches in a family home when not in use.
Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA
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#162706Collection label on verso of smaller. Light fraying to fabric. Otherwise, excellent and intact with nice patina and impressive remaining pigmentsCondition
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