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A GROUP OF FIVE GILT-SILVER
REPOUSSÉ-MOUNTED BURLWOOD
‘ANIMAL 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 lower body and foot mounted with
silver sheet worked in repoussé and chased
details, the principal features picked out in gilt,
including one bowl with a ‘double dragon and
lotus parasol’ roundel at the base and four
mythical beasts at the lower body, one with a
bird at the base and further birds amidst floral
scroll at the lower body, one with five animals
at the base and the bajixiang at the lower
body, one with a ‘fish and lotus’ roundel at
the base and the motif repeated at the lower
body, and one with a qilin at the base and four
qilin amidst floral scroll at the lower body.

5 3/4in (14.6cm) diam. of largest (5).
$12,000 - 18,000
Provenance:
Asian Private Collection, until 1988, by repute
Acquired from the above, 1988

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