Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 10 553
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About this Item
A large Tibetan ceremonial silver-mounted conch shell, 19th/20th century
the shell applied with eight silver auspicious symbols enclosing a fiery Cintamani, embellished with coral and turquoise cabochon-cut stones, the base with six spiral bands embossed with animals, scrollwork and heightened with coral and turquoise cabochon-cut stones, the neck similarly decorated and terminating in a lotus bloom mouthpiece and glass cap, the body applied with a lappet-shaped border embossed with a horned fiery masked demon, 48cm long
*This lot is not suitable for export
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
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