Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Drawings & Prints to the center is a

to the center is a large hand cut steel lock and hasp

75" Height

"Cerise et Bouteille" (Cherry and Asparagus) an original Mezzotint made in 1975

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

a pouring spout to the front and decorated with a band of vine and grapes around the neck

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Drawings & Prints to the center is aA 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