Lot 5024
Tibetan Conch Shell Shrine Altarpiece
Sold July 18, 2025
- Price realized
- $65
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $200 – 500
Origin: Tibet, late 19th c
Medium: Silver, Stone, and Conch Shell
Dimension: 4.5x2x2in
Condition: The silver has tarnishing and the shell has natural cracking.
Description: A Tibetan ritual shrine altarpiece decorated with a conch shell and a red stone on the top of the handle. What is believed to be silver is etched with an ornate design filled with foliage and religious iconography imagery. The bottom of the silver piece is of a conch shell surrounded by organic shapes. The bottom is wider and tapers to a thinner handle that is capped with a silver ornate piece holding the red stone. There are no markings.
Lot details
- Lot
- 5024
- Closed
- July 18, 2025
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