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Rare Chatelaine Miniature Ceremonial Paintings Antique
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Pre 1900 item# 718922 (stock# 2797)
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Barclay Galleries
405: 684-9922
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Rare and amazing antique Chatelaine made completely by hand, with four original miniature oval paintings on wafer thin ivory or bone disks, under beveled glass. Decorative mounts are composed of hand-formed filigree coils and spirals. We find no marks on the metal, although it is probably Sterling Silver. Accompanying the chatelaine within its velvet- and silk-lined leather case, is a papyrus text, written in Pali script, usually the literary and scholarly written language of Buddhist monks. Prob ...click for details
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