Lot of Ten Handmade Tibetan Necklaces

Two large, striking and beautifully crafted copper ceremonial water pitchers from Tibet. The lovely, well-worn patina communicates years of loving and spiritual use. Priced and sold ...

A lot of four Chinese handpainted Porcelain bowls late Qing dynasty. Each painted in loose style with a leaping carp with green colored cro...

A fine set of ten polished brass ceremonial spears each with different and unusually elaborate symbolic spear heads representing good fortune, power and strength, long life, accomplishment. One of the few conventional spears is a rare Chinese spear with the double crescent moons either side of a elongated spear head. A Guan Dao...

A 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Tibetan rug with a dragon motif on a brown field Size: 3'1'' x 58''.

In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's belt and often doubled as a small pouch for flint and tinder. The finest strikers were finished with precious metals and decorated with repoussé and inlaid stones. This leather flint pouch is decorated with silver and gold plated metalwork and three large beads of turquoise and red coral. The mechag hangs from a simple leather strap and three decorative leather beads hang below. The pouch contains two Tibetan prayer flags...

A 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Tibetan rug with a dragon motif on a beige field Size: 4'4'' x 6'10''.