Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Drawings & Prints 75" Height

75" Height

Clear round glass the elevated rim decorated with interspersed grapes which surrounds a central design of three bacchante type nude women figures also called '' Coupe trois figurines et raisins''

the figures in Greco-Roman dress and having a band of icons from antiquity below

25" deep (seat height: 19")

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Drawings & Prints 75" HeightA fine & unusally large antique Tibetan gilded iron pen case, circa 1700. The cylindrical pen case in two parts & made from gilded iron, with finely pierced openwork and engraved decoration. At each end is a stylized bulbous shaped lotus blossom finial, both the the short end & long end having skillfully engraved openwork with foliate & dragon decoration. The pencase having two loops to receive a cord so the case could be hung from a sash or belt, the