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A GROUP OF TWO LARGE GILT-
SILVER REPOUSSÉ-MOUNTED AND
TURQUOISE-EMBELLISHED BURLWOOD
‘DRAGON ROUNDEL’ OFFERING BOWLS
Tibet, 19th century or later
Each burlwood bowl supported on a short
stem foot and rising to an everted rim, the
interior lined with sheet silver extending over
the rim, the well applied with a turquoise bead
set in a gilt-copper mount, the lower body
and foot mounted with silver sheet worked
in repoussé and chased details, the principal
features picked out in gilt, one with a ruyi
border enclosing a band of two gilt dragons
and phoenix roaming amidst a foliate scroll,
the base centered with a frontal gilt dragon
amidst clouds within a further foliate scroll; the
second, similarly decorated with a repoussé
ruyi border enclosing a band of two gilt
dragons prowling amidst floral scroll, the base
with a frontal winged dragon picked out in gilt
and surrounded by floral and foliate scroll.
7 3/4in (19.7cm); 7 1/4in (18.4cm) diam. (2).

$12,000 - 18,000
Provenance:
Asian Private Collection, until 1988, by repute
Acquired from the above, 1988

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