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TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A group of three silver boxes and two copper amulet boxes
Tibet, 18th/19th century
The silver boxes with foliate scrollwork, two rectangular in shape and the third circular; the copper boxes with stylized lotuses on the lids and heavy clasps, one with textiles and rolled prayers and the other with a terracotta tsa tsa of Buddha
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.), the widest
Tibet, 18th/19th century
The silver boxes with foliate scrollwork, two rectangular in shape and the third circular; the copper boxes with stylized lotuses on the lids and heavy clasps, one with textiles and rolled prayers and the other with a terracotta tsa tsa of Buddha
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.), the widest
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, by 1993
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item nos. 58646, 58647, 58648 and 58649