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TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Details
An iron flint with two leather tinder pouches
Tibet, 19th Century
All three with silver and gilt scrollwork inset with hardstones, the flint with a curved iron striking blade
5½ in. (13.8 cm.), the widest
Tibet, 19th Century
All three with silver and gilt scrollwork inset with hardstones, the flint with a curved iron striking blade
5½ in. (13.8 cm.), the widest
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, acquired in Amsterdam between 1990 and 1993
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item nos. 58659, 58661 and 58662
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot contains pieces of precious red coral which is of a species not on the CITES listing.