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A GROUP OF FOUR GILT-SILVER
REPOUSSÉ-MOUNTED AND
TURQUOISE-EMBELLISHED BURLWOOD
‘BAJIXIANG’ 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, including three
small bowls each with a ‘floral’ roundel at the
base and the bajixiang at the lower body, and
one large bowl with a beribboned Dharma
wheel at the base and beribboned bajixiang at
the lower body.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) diam. of largest (4).

$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance:
Asian Private Collection, until 1988, by repute
Acquired from the above, 1988

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