A LARGE COPPER REPOUSSE ALMS DISH
A LARGE COPPER REPOUSSE ALMS DISH
Tibetan-Chinese, 19th century. The lobed copper dish cast from many parts, embossed and incised with deities, mythical animals, and emblems amid scrolling foliage and applied with further gilt copper medallions showing similar designs. The rim set with a band of skulls.
Condition: With traces of use and few small cracks, old repairs, and wear to gilding.
Provenance: German private collection.
Weight: 1428 g
Dimensions: Diameter c. 52 cm
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A LARGE COPPER REPOUSSE ALMS DISH
Tibetan-Chinese, 19th century. The lobed copper dish cast from many parts, embossed and incised with deities, mythical animals, and emblems amid scrolling foliage and applied with further gilt copper medallions showing similar designs. The rim set with a band of skulls.
Condition: With traces of use and few small cracks, old repairs, and wear to gilding.
Provenance: German private collection.
Weight: 1428 g
Dimensions: Diameter c. 52 cm
