Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Decorative Arts He famously designed the Tony

He famously designed the Tony Award winning sets for Truman Capote's 1954 Broadway musical "House of Flowers"

the inkwell having three loop handles

The vase of baluster-shaped form and having a neck decorated with cloud forms and a collar of dark iron oxide below

a Pueblo adobe house to the background

25" wide X 6

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700 Decorative Arts He famously designed the TonyA 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