Bracelet

51-4-116

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-4-116
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Chinese (uncertain)
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1935
Section Asian
Materials Silver
Iconography Lion Heads
Description

Silver bracelet. Heavy. Oval with open ends. Twin lion heads decorated with enamel. Pattern goes back more than two thousand years among the Scythians. Probably Chinese workmanship.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 125 - Other Number | 175 - Other Number

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