Vintage Silver Plated Tibetan Teapot - 1970's slipper along with a beautifully shaped

along with a beautifully shaped arched opening

each framed within intricately carved borders

The vibrant red lacquer which is made from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua tree

The painting depicts scholarly objects

Vintage Silver Plated Tibetan Teapot - 1970's slipper along with a beautifully shapedThis beautiful Tibetan butter teapot is a very good quality reproduction piece made in Nepal in the 1970's. This highly decorative work of art is made from repousse worked metal alloys in the traditional style. It has an elegant handle in the shape of a tiger with a mythical makara beast spout. Makara has the trunk of an elephant, the jaw of a crocodile, the tusks of a boar, and the feet of a lion. It is the tenth sign of the Indian zodiac