Two metal scroll-cases and coversTibet, 19th centuryComprising a reticulated gilt copper-alloy case, decorated with sinuous dragons weaving amongst densely-scrolling foliage; and a white-metal copper-alloy case incised with foliate scrollwork, both with lotus-bud terminals. 43cm (17in) and 33cm (13in) long (4).注脚十九世紀 藏傳銅製經卷筒一組兩件Provenance: Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by reputeAlice Getty (d.1946), by reputeCourtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by reputeEvan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by reputeProfessor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute Mark Dineley (1901-1975)Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descentFeatured in the Himalayan Art Resources, item no.16793.來源：傳Henry Harrison Getty（1838-1919年）舊藏傳Alice Getty（卒於1946年）舊藏傳Tredegar子爵Courtenay Morgan（1867-1934年）舊藏傳Tredegar子爵二世Evan Morgan（1893-1949年）舊藏傳Bellerby教授及夫人舊藏Mark Dineley（1901-1975年）舊藏Peter Dineley（1938-2018年）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今收錄於Himalayan Art Resources數據庫，編號16793The smaller case is recorded in the handwritten family 'A Catalogue of the Dineley Collection of Tibetiana and Associated Buddhistic Objects', early 1960s, p.153; bearing a label stating it is the 'Ceremonial pen holder of the Grand Abbot of the Tashilhunpo [Monastery]'.The Panchen Lamas became the abbots of Tashilhunpo monastery, near Shigatse, in the former Tsang Province of Central Tibet. Second only in authority to the Dalai Lama within the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama lineage was established during the 16th century by the Fifth Dalai Lama, when he first bestowed the title of Panchen, or 'great scholar', on his own teacher, Lobsang Choekyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). Considered the incarnations of Amitabha Buddha, they were also scholars and statesmen.