Tibetan pure silver aristocrat's ceremonial teapot
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Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Mr. Tsering Lhungay
- Provenance
- To 1980
- Mr. Tsering Lhungay, Arlington, Virginia. [1]
- From 1980
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mr. Tsering Lhungay, Arlington, Virginia. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Purchased from Mr. Tsering Lhungay for the Study Collection. See object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Accession Number
- FSC-M-20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver
- Origin
- Tibet
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Buddhism
- bird
- dragon
- Buddha
- deer
- elephant
- rabbit
- tea
- monkey
- Tibet
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-M-20
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye368cf9be1-6463-46ca-9fd6-c8a12530e151
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