$185
Three Votive Items and a Script on Paper, Tibetan China, a gourd and silver wine canister, oval on a stem foot, the short straight neck with a loop connecting to the finial loop on a lotus knob stopper, decorated with mythical animals, humanoid animals, and foliate lappets in friezes, a braided leather handle tied to two loop holes on shoulder; a gao or portable copper and silver shrine, with a seated Buddha figure visible inside, the front with a shaped glass window surrounded with a broad band decorated with a mythical animal head and Tibetan characters in repousse, enclosed in a conforming fabric pouch with a strap; a bone rosary with 108 skull beads, ht. to 8 1/2, lg. to 26 3/4; and text handwritten on both sides of a piece of paper, (tears along edges), 26 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-05-17
