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A GROUP OF FOUR GILT-SILVER
REPOUSSÉ-MOUNTED AND
TURQUOISE-EMBELLISHED BURLWOOD
‘DIRECTIONAL ANIMALS’ 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
one bowl with the ‘Azure Dragon of the East’
at the base and a band of flowering and
fruiting plants at the lower body, one with the
‘Vermillion Bird of the South’ at the base and
a band of further birds within a diaper motif at
the lower body, one with the ‘White Tiger of
the West’ at the base and a band of figures in
a landscape at the lower body, and one with
the ‘Black Tortoise of the North’ at the base
and a band of rabbits against a diaper ground
at the lower body.
6in (15.2cm) diam. of largest (4).

$15,000 - 25,000
Provenance:
Asian Private Collection, until 1988, by repute
Acquired from the above, 1988

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