Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
29-30 November 1920
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/461
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OTHER TIBETAN OBJECTS. The Property of a Collector. ee 95 A Pair of Cornices for the hanging of Temple Pictures, half oval, AX. the upper sides curved and shaped, of hand-wrought copper, richly / gilt, with foliated scroll borders and central design in relief, inthe { yy , middle of which is a large projecting demon’s horned head and ¢ /@ 4/2) arms, coloured and jewelled with turquoises and coral, with handle at the top and loops on which to hang the pictures ; 104 in. high by 20 in. wide (2) / —— eee : j ; fo ge * 96 A Pair of Cornices, identical with the preceding (2) he Aor. LY v 97. A Similar Cornice, but with a different demon’s head, surmountedy @@= ~ M\ J ; by the sun and moon; 114 in. high by 234 in. wide Co the wlafore a4 | The Carrier of a Temple Censer, hand-wrought copper, richly gilded, formed as a square cross-bar with dragons’ heads at each end, and ornamented with a foliated scroll design in repoussé work with a double five-pointed DORJE upright through the middle, surmounted by a jewel and ring handle, flanked by figures of dragons, and with a boss in the centre bearing fish in the trigram form, rGyAN-K’yin, the YING YANG of the Chinese ; 154 77. high by 234 in. wide AC # The fire-pan is attached to this when used in the Lamas’ temple X services. 99 A Temple Banner Holder, hand-wrought copper, richly gilded, consisting of a horizontal cylindrical rod with repoussé design, terminating with upreared dragons’ heads at each end and bearing Tp three upright ornaments, in the centre a cluster of jewels, CiInta-<“ 4 | MANI flamed and knotted by ribbon ties on a lotus base, and at Ys. &” each side midway a Wheel of the Law on a lotus base, inlaid with turquoises and coral; from each end is suspended a silk pendant of four colours with deep tassel fringes; 7 7¢. 6 in. wide An Ornament for the Vestibule of a Temple, gilt copper, , shaped as Three Dragons, the Guardians of the Temple’s Wealth, ls : upreared on their hind legs, their tails erect in the centre, heads outward in a triangular position, each helping to support with its fore-claws, acircular pierced ring having on its upper surface three - upright demon skulls, the dragon heads and skulls partly coloured ; 3 ft. 8 in. high, the angles between the heads about 3 ft. 3 in., the top ring 204 in. diam. [See Illustration. Plate 11.] = a Sette tt oe
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