A Sino-Tibetan silver bowl with hinged cover
17th - 18th century
The bowl with everted mouth rim, the cover with a hinged lock decorated with a raised central medallion of a dragon with gilded face, four encircling smaller medallions, the body decorated with Buddhist emblems and four slightly raised medallions of dragon motifs, each with gilded face, raised on a tall foot rim encircled by a band of lappets in low relief, all against a carved ground of scrolling branches.
10.5cm high
The bowl with everted mouth rim, the cover with a hinged lock decorated with a raised central medallion of a dragon with gilded face, four encircling smaller medallions, the body decorated with Buddhist emblems and four slightly raised medallions of dragon motifs, each with gilded face, raised on a tall foot rim encircled by a band of lappets in low relief, all against a carved ground of scrolling branches.
10.5cm high
Estimate:
AU$ 1,500 - 2,000
£960 - 1,300
US$ 1,500 - 1,900
£960 - 1,300
US$ 1,500 - 1,900
Category: Asian Art
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