Lot Essay
R. W. Leybourne Callaghan, alias Callaghan of India, Managing Director of Roche India and Honorary Consul for Ireland in Bombay, acquired in the late 1960s
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Property from the Estate of R.W. Leybourne Callaghan
A Copper Repoussé Plaque of Parinirvana
NEPAL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A Copper Repoussé Plaque of Parinirvana
Nepal, 18th/19th Century
Finely worked with Buddha lying on a raised plinth surrounded by his disciples, the base draped with an elaborate blanket worked with floral scrolls centered by a figure in adoration, flanked by two lions on lotus bases, the border with elaborate floral insets inlaid with hardstones
21 x 18 in. (53 x 46 cm.)
Nepal, 18th/19th Century
Finely worked with Buddha lying on a raised plinth surrounded by his disciples, the base draped with an elaborate blanket worked with floral scrolls centered by a figure in adoration, flanked by two lions on lotus bases, the border with elaborate floral insets inlaid with hardstones
21 x 18 in. (53 x 46 cm.)