Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections, Lots 234-253
A parcel gilt copper and brass alloy ritual bell, ghanta
Tibet, 18th century and laterThe handle cast with the head of Vairocana supporting a half vajra-shaped terminal and applied with gilt, all above a copper section with a dragon among clouds, the shoulder of the bell cast with lan?a characters within lappets, the body with rows of visvajra among pearls and flaming wheels. 29cm (11 1/2in) high
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Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsProvenance:Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by reputeAlice Getty (d.1946), by reputeCourtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by reputeEvan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by reputeProfessor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute Mark Dineley (1901-1975)Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descent