Tibetan pure silver aristocrat's ceremonial teapot

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Object Details

Provenance

To 1980

Mr. Tsering Lhungay, Arlington, Virginia. [1]

From 1980

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mr. Tsering Lhungay, Arlington, Virginia. [2]

Notes:

[1] Purchased from Mr. Tsering Lhungay for the Study Collection. See object record.

[2] See note 1.

Collection

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Mr. Tsering Lhungay

Credit Line

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number

FSC-M-20

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Silver

Origin

Tibet

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

chasing

repoussé

metal

silver

Buddhism

bird

dragon

Buddha

deer

elephant

rabbit

tea

monkey

Tibet

South Asian and Himalayan Art

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye368cf9be1-6463-46ca-9fd6-c8a12530e151

Record ID

fsg_FSC-M-20