A COPPER CEREMONIAL EWER, BUMPA

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A COPPER CEREMONIAL EWER, BUMPA Tibet, 20th century. Of compressed globular form, raised on a flaring foot decorated with petals, the curved sides with broad shoulders applied with a spout emanating from the mouth of a makara, surmounted by a tall neck with a broad, everted rim decorated with auspicious objects amid foliage, the mouth in the form of a foliate blossom. With a fabric cover. Dimensions: Height 23 cm Literature comparison: Compare a closely related ceremonial ewer, Tibet, 20th century, 16 cm high, in the collection of the National Museum, New Delhi, accession number 89.803. Compare a related silver vase of immortality, tshe-bum, Tibet, 18th century, 20 cm, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.83.2.1a-b.

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