Lot 3
Lot 3
A PAIR OF SILVER-AND GILT-DAMASCENED IRON STIRRUPS

TIBET, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

Price Realised USD 4,000
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USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
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A PAIR OF SILVER-AND GILT-DAMASCENED IRON STIRRUPS

TIBET, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

Price Realised USD 4,000
Price Realised USD 4,000
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Each stirrup with the tread damascened with an eight-spoked wheel at center, above a band of lotus petals, the articulated branches leading to the eye at top, which is in the form of addorsed makaras, all richly damascened with silver and gold
612 in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 19 March 1985.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
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Rufus Chen
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