Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Redo having a serpentine shaped front

having a serpentine shaped front with a gadrooned edge

Some evidence of a couple of historic repairs and some ancient obsolete insect holes

This original oil painting by Hu Shanyu is of Hong Kong in the 1950's

Antique Expressionist Painting of Ibiza by the American Artist Martin Baer (1894-1961)

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Redo having a serpentine shaped frontA 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