The Art and Orchid Gallery's censer is a heart-shaped reticulated box with cover handmade by Tibetan metal smiths of the 19th Century. It is elaborately constructed of alternating bands of copper and silver gilded copper designs. Both metals are widely used in Tibetan religious art.[162A, 187B, 189C] The designs include: copper chevron bands with or without bordering fillets; silver gilded copper flame scheme with some punched reticulation; flame-in-votive design, borrowed from India; a reti ...click for details
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