• 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。