A parcel gilt copper and brass alloy ritual bell, ghantaTibet, 18th century and later
The 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 lança characters within lappets, the body with rows of visvajra among pearls and flaming wheels. 29cm (11 1/2in) high注脚Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections

Provenance:
Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by repute
Alice Getty (d.1946), by repute
Courtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by repute
Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by repute
Professor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute
Mark Dineley (1901-1975)
Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descent