Asian Metal Object Assortment

Asian Metal Object Assortment

(11) total items, (3) Chinese stamp seals including an embossed sterling silver cylindrical having a foo lion finial that unscrews revealing an inner canister, a bronze having dragons and an archaic style avian form as well as a West Asian Luristan style bronze horse bit having ibex form cheek pieces, a Himalayan / Tibetan Phurba ritual dagger, a parcel gilt bronze seated Buddha having a silk box, a seated bronze bodhisattva, a Japanese kagami hand mirror having cast herons in a landscape retaining its rattan wrap to handle and an unidentified, perhaps central Asian, plate having a recumbent lion; together with a cinnabar snuff bottle and a wood box having a Christie's sticker (from a different object); view a video of this lot on YouTube

Property from: a Private Collector, Chicago, Illinois

Length: 11 inches, Width: 1 1/8 inches, Depth: 1 1/8 inches (longest)
Weight: .925 silver: 1.89 ozt. (total weight silver)

Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with use, oxidation, phurba having repaired crack, seated bronze bodhisattva having lost separately cast arms and the base, chips to stopper of snuff bottle, kagami having light wear, box having light wear, unidentified plate having heavy wear and oxidation

Disclaimers: cylindrical seal tagged 'nickel silver' but XRF tested as .925 silver

Category: Asian Arts > Asian Arts

Estimated Sale Time: 10:06 am CST

Shipping Status: Shipping Quote

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Last modified: April 19, 2024, 11:33 am

1.125 x 11 in
Condition Report: overall light to moderate wear consistent with use, oxidation, phurba having repaired crack, seated bronze bodhisattva having lost separately cast arms and the base, chips to stopper of snuff bottle, kagami having light wear, box having light wear, unidentified plate having heavy wear and oxidation