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Bumpa vase / jug Tibet circa 19th century
Copper and brass H…
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Bumpa vase / jug Tibet circa 19th century
Copper and brass H…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,600 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Bumpa vase / jug
Tibet circa 19th century
Copper and brass Height 33 cm
This type of handleless vase with a high spout was designed to hold consecrated water and was used during certain rituals.
was used during certain rituals.
The opening in the neck, here decorated with a lid, usually held some sort of
decorated with peacock feathers.
For more information on this type of vase, see :
- Nathalie Bazin "Rituels tibétains -Visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama" (Tibetan rituals - Secret visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama)
Musée Guimet 2002 - 2003 n° 84, page 83.
Provenance :
- Collection of Dr S.P.
See original version (French)
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