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Ulysses Dietz
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posted 11-12-2008 11:53 AM

Here are three pieces of silver in our collection, all acquired in 1920, from Dr. Albert Shelton, the missionary from Newark who started our Tibetan holdings.

The libation ewer is 16th century, inspired by Islamic forms. 12 3/4 inches high

The teapot is a typical Tibetan form but now very very rare in silver. 14 inches high, from the 18th century.

And the archetypal butter lamp, 13 inches high, is 18th or 19th century. All of these pieces came from Batang, and were used in Monasteries.

Not that I know anything about Tibetan silver, except that we have more of it than most museums, because we started collecting Tibetan material in 1911.

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agphile

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posted 11-12-2008 01:19 PM

Delightful items. If I ever get across to the USA again I think I need to take in your museum.

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