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A rare large Tibetan copper tea pot (Kettle) and base, 18-19th…
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Melbourne
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29-Aug-2017
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A rare large Tibetan copper tea pot (Kettle) and base, 18-19th century, the tea pot is finely formed of hand-beaten copper, the handle is well cast in the form of an elongated dragon and spout emerging from a makara's mouth, with abundant and harmonious decorated silver foliate scrolls mounted on the lid and around the neck, the base with similar bands of silver foliate scrolls, tea pot: 37.5 cm high, base: 37 cm high, For similar pot but made of silver see China Guardian Beijing, 20 June, 2017, lot 3301 e. Provenance: Old Tibetan collection
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Oriental: Zother