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Tibetan Silver Censer browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1920: item # 701319 Please refer to our stock # 22223 when inquiring.
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Almost certainly a monastery piece, this censer would have been used to burn the loose incense which Tibetans obtain from fragrant vegetation such as certain kinds of evergreens. It is decorated with panels depicting a dragon, a phoenix and a snow lion. Above them along the rim are representations of the eight auspicious symbols. For a censer it is a very petite size, standing 6-1/4 inches in height with a 4-1/2 inch diameter. It weighs 10.5 ounces. It is missing the chain with which it would have been suspended or hung. It dates from the late 19th/early 20th century. |
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