UPCOMING OCTOBER AUCTION 2022 - ASIAN ART - Exhibition in room from October 13 to 26.
Large Tibetan embossed metal plate, 19th - 20th century
Awarded For. -
Lot 128.
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Description.
Embossed and chiseled copper or brass, with decorative reliefs and some hard-stone inlays. It takes the form of a lotus flower whose petals are intercalary decorated with cabochons or deities within niches surrounded by greenery. The center is composed of a medallion depicting a coiled dragon surrounded by eight medallions with deities. The next ring repeats the same arrangement and is surrounded by a border of lotuses and a border of flowers.
Diameter 96.80 cm; Height approx. 12 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Glückstern family. Acquired before 1970.
