A Scholarly Journey: The Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection　

A Scholarly Journey: The Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection　

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Property from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection 雪月藏亞洲藝術珍品

A group of 13 copper-alloy 'bovine', 'ram' and 'yak' thogchags, Tibet, 12th - 15th century 十二至十五世紀 西藏 聖羊及聖牛首紋天鐵一組十三件

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Property from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection

A group of 13 copper-alloy 'bovine', 'ram' and 'yak' thogchags,

Tibet, 12th - 15th century

雪月藏亞洲藝術珍品

十二至十五世紀 西藏 聖羊及聖牛首紋天鐵一組十三件


3.6 to 9.6 cm

Six of the thogchags:
Tony Anninos, 'Tibetan Buddhist Amulets', Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, pls 53-55.

其六：
Tony Anninos，〈Tibetan Buddhist Amulets〉，《亞洲藝術》，2004年3/4月，編號 53 至 55
The pronounced coiling of horns indicates wild argali sheep, which is indigenous to Tibetan Plateau.

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