California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 8, 2018  July 8, 2018

 Lot # 5350 
A LARGE TIBETAN BRONZE GILT DECORATED RITUAL WATER VESSEL    十七世紀 大型銅鑄鎏金佛教淨水壺


  • Dimension: Height: 15 3/4 in (40.0 cm) Length: 18 1/8 in (46.0 cm)
  • Estimate From: $12000
  • Estimate To: $22000

Tibetan. Rising from countersunk base, the globular body with a band of gilt inlaid band with turquoise beads, the raised neck fitted with a band of scroll-work, the handle with a gui-dragon, the spout shaped as the head and trunk of a makara, the domed cover with bud finial. 17th century.


此凈水壺為佛教灌頂時所用法物。整器為紅銅鎏金工藝,體型碩大,做工精細。壺口下方雕有龍樹菩薩,壺口上方雕有螭龍,壺柄造型龍紋裝飾,局部鎏金。壺蓋亦局部鎏金,並刻有裝飾圖案。壺身鑲嵌綠松石,極為華麗。