A rare Tibetan gilt-damascened iron bowl box and cover, Derge, Eastern Tibet, 15th/16th century

拍品描述

This fine and rare gilt-damascened iron bowl and cover decorated with highly detailed and intricate openwork design depicting the long, sinuous body of an archaistic dragon, his body undulating through the stylised scroll work, the sides and base also similarly decorated, the interior with a cloth-lined box cover together with a carved wooden bowl Size:(18cm diameter) Qty: (3) Provenance: Christie's New York, 21 September 2005, lot 183; Swiss private collection; London private collection 來源： 紐約佳士得，2005年9月21日，拍品編號183； 瑞士私人珍藏； 倫敦私人珍藏 Notes: Please refer to a similar example housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. IM.162-1913; another two closely related bowl cases sold at Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 2001, lots 144 and 145, and another housed in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, please refer to Chen (ed.), Splendid Accessories of Nomadic Peoples, Taipei, 2017 同類器物可參見： 倫敦維多利亞與艾爾伯特博物館珍藏一例，館藏編號：IM.162-1913； 兩件極為相似之碗套，售於紐約蘇富比，2001年3月20日，編號144及145； 國立故宮博物院（台北）珍藏另一例，參見陳夏生主編，《草原風華：游牧民族飾品特展》，台北，2017年。

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