Talisman

A1099

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number A1099
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1911
Section Asian
Materials Copper | Lead | Silver | Brass | Turquoise
Technique Filigree | Inlaid | Engraved
Iconography Flowers
Description

Square with leaf like extensions on four sides giving it a quatrefoil shape. Silver filigree with numerous turquoise heads inset in flower shapes. Central turquoise flower with four turquoise in central square surrounding it. Turquoise on leaf shaped projectiles. Back lead and sides copper.

Length 8.26 cm
Width 8.26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1911
Other Number 12526 - Dealer's Number

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