PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE SHERIDAN (1923-2008)
A group of twenty-one ritual ornaments and accessories, Tibet, Nepal and other regions, 15th / 20th century
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Estimate
6,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description
comprising :
a pair of carved wood throne elements, Tibet, 15th century;
an iron and gilt-copper seal, Tibet, 19th century;
three copper and white-metal and one turquoise-inlaid amulet boxes, Tibet, 19th century;
a mani stone, Tibet, 19th century;
five metal rings, two metal seals and a metal scorpion, Tibet, 19th/20th century;
a perak head ornament, West Tibet or Ladakh Turquoise, 19th century;
a wood deity, wood, Indonesia, 19th century;
a white metal pendant, Turkmenistan, 20th century;
a paper mache and polychrome mask, Nepal, 20th century;
a lacquer box, India, 20th century
(21)
Length of longest 60 cm, 23⅝ in.
Collection of George Sheridan (1923-2008), acquired in Paris, London and New York from the 1960s onwards, and thence by descent; a passion nurtured from his friendship with Professor Samuel Eilenberg (1913-1998), who donated his collection to the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1987.
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