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TIBET.
See original version (French)
29
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TIBET.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
TIBET.
Silver-bearing metal, brass, yak hide, turquoise, iron, patina from wear.
An antique flint lighter carried by Tibetan horsemen on their belts or attached to their horses’ saddles. The iron striker and the leather pouch, which held the flint and tinder, are richly decorated with chiselled silver-bearing metal and brass inlays depicting two mythical animals, and a turquoise cabochon.
13 x 6.5 cm.
See original version (French)
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