Lot 365
This type of metalwork was produced in very high quality and vast number in Tibet as early as the 14th and 15th century. The unique technique was known as 'damascening' to Europeans, but called 'Dege' in China, the name of the town through which the metal work was brought to China-proper. Different from common inlay-work, Dege work have their surface of wrought iron abraded and then gold and/or silver applied in highly decorative patterns. So favoured were they that the Qianlong emperor specially commissioned a group of Tibetans to produce vessels and objects in this technique for daily use, such as brush pots and plates, in addition to those used for traditional ceremonial and religious purposes.
A group of iron vessels, inlaid in silver with Qianlong reign mark and of the period, has been researched by Brian McElney and published by Orientations Magazine and The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England, where there are several examples.
清 德格鐵鑄圓形蓋盒 「大清乾隆年製」篆書底款
源流：
購於倫敦 Andrew Stuart-Robertson 古董商舊藏，七十年代到九十年代。
佳士得倫敦，早於1995年。
悉尼Apsara 亞洲藝術收藏。
慕仕閣墨爾本，2010年6月2日，拍品號1105。
11cm diameter; 8.5cm high
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
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Andrew Stuart-Robertson, London, 1970s to 1990s.
Christie's, London, prior to 1995 .
Apsara Asian Art, Sydney.
Mossgreen, Melbourne, 2 June 2010, lot 1105.
Fine Chinese and Asian Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8763
11:00am - 2 March 2025
Hawthorn
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