Tibetan pure silver aristocrat's ceremonial teapot

Object Details

• 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.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. Tsering Lhungay

• Origin

  Tibet

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Lhungay, Tsering, buddha

• Place

  Tibet

• Topic

  Repoussé, Rabbits, Art, Birds, Monkeys, Chasing, Dragon, Elephants, Metal-work, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Silver, Tea, Animals

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)