Tibetan pure silver aristocrat's ceremonial teapot

National Museum of Asian Art

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
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number
FSC-M-20
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Silver
Origin
Tibet
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Topic
chasing
repoussé
metal
silver
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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