A white metal Tibetan portable shrine or Gau Of ogee shape, ...
Hammer
£260
A white metal Tibetan portable shrine or Gau Of ogee shape, the front embossed with eight auspicious emblems on a trailing vine, containing a small clay bodhisattva roundel, 13.5cm high; together with a copper inlaid brass prayer box of domed form with repousse foliage and beasts, 8.5cm dia.; and a small brass circular gau embossed with seated bodhisattva and containing a figure of Buddha, 6cm dia.; and a cast alloy prayer bell decorated with eight lotus petals above a band of kirtimukha masks, 9cm high. (4)
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Acquired by Lt-Col Thomas Moore Kirkwood (1865-1933) while serving with the Indian Army in Tibet from 1903-04, thence by descent to the vendor.
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Ogee gau: One strap loop missing. General wear and dents. Prayer box: Small dent to cover. Brass gau: General signs of age and very small dents. Bell: Missing suspension loop. General ageing and surface patina.
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£260
A white metal Tibetan portable shrine or Gau Of ogee shape, the front embossed with eight auspicious emblems on a trailing vine, containing a small clay bodhisattva roundel, 13.5cm high; together with a copper inlaid brass prayer box of domed form with repousse foliage and beasts, 8.5cm dia.; and a small brass circular gau embossed with seated bodhisattva and containing a figure of Buddha, 6cm dia.; and a cast alloy prayer bell decorated with eight lotus petals above a band of kirtimukha masks, 9cm high. (4)
Provenance:
Acquired by Lt-Col Thomas Moore Kirkwood (1865-1933) while serving with the Indian Army in Tibet from 1903-04, thence by descent to the vendor.
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Ogee gau: One strap loop missing. General wear and dents. Prayer box: Small dent to cover. Brass gau: General signs of age and very small dents. Bell: Missing suspension loop. General ageing and surface patina.
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