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Copper & Silver Stemmed Ink Pot & Cover
Tibet
19th century
height: 17.8cm, weight: 483g
This fine ink bottle made from copper sheet with chased silver mounts is of typical Tibetan form. The vessel has a straight neck, a round globular body and a
circular flared foot. The inverted mushroom shaped cover has a silver lotus-bud finial rising from a chased, open-work flower motif, also in silver.
The rim of the cover and the top rim of the bottle are encased in chased silver bands decorated in high relief with Sino-Tibetan symbols amid scrolling ribbon
motifs within thick pearled silver wire borders.
The rim of the foot similarly has a silver band that is engraved with a key-fret design also within pearled wire borders.
The inside of the cover is fitted with a wooden dowel which plugs into the base of the vessel. Such a structure means that even when such bottles are upside
down, the ink will not escape. The interior shows ink residue.
References: An ink bottle of gold and silver but almost identical form as this example is illustrated in: Shanghai Museum, Treasures from Snow Mountains:
Gems of Tibetan Cultural Relics, Shanghai Museum, 2001, page 210.
Inventory no.: 874
This Item is available - Ask about this item.
Copper & Silver Stemmed Ink Pot & Cover
Tibet
19th century
height: 17.8cm, weight: 483g
This fine ink bottle made from copper sheet with chased silver mounts is of typical Tibetan form. The vessel has a straight neck, a round globular body and a
circular flared foot. The inverted mushroom shaped cover has a silver lotus-bud finial rising from a chased, open-work flower motif, also in silver.
The rim of the cover and the top rim of the bottle are encased in chased silver bands decorated in high relief with Sino-Tibetan symbols amid scrolling ribbon
motifs within thick pearled silver wire borders.
The rim of the foot similarly has a silver band that is engraved with a key-fret design also within pearled wire borders.
The inside of the cover is fitted with a wooden dowel which plugs into the base of the vessel. Such a structure means that even when such bottles are upside
down, the ink will not escape. The interior shows ink residue.
References: An ink bottle of gold and silver but almost identical form as this example is illustrated in: Shanghai Museum, Treasures from Snow Mountains:
Gems of Tibetan Cultural Relics, Shanghai Museum, 2001, page 210.
Inventory no.: 874
This Item is available - Ask about this item.
