A MONGOLIAN SECOND-GRADE SILVER TEA BOWL AND PARCEL GILT SILVER COVER AND A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED WOODEN STEM DISH, 19TH CENTURY A MONGOLIAN SECOND-GRADE SILVER TEA BOWL AND PARCEL GILT SILVER COVER AND A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED WOODEN STEM DISH, 19TH CENTURY A MONGOLIAN SECOND-GRADE SILVER TEA BOWL AND PARCEL GILT SILVER COVER AND A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED WOODEN STEM DISH, 19TH CENTURY A MONGOLIAN SECOND-GRADE SILVER TEA BOWL AND PARCEL GILT SILVER COVER AND A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED WOODEN STEM DISH, 19TH CENTURY A MONGOLIAN SECOND-GRADE SILVER TEA BOWL AND PARCEL GILT SILVER COVER AND A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED WOODEN STEM DISH, 19TH CENTURY

A MONGOLIAN SECOND-GRADE SILVER TEA BOWL AND PARCEL GILT SILVER COVER AND A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED WOODEN STEM DISH, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART400186

The tea bowl is of slightly flaring form and stands on a high foot. the cover is delicately decorated in with four shaped panels enclosing dragons and cranes on a wan-symbol ground below four cartouches enclosing the Eight Buddhist Symbols, all surmounted by a lotus bud finial decorated with scrolling foliage. The wooden stem dish is mounted with a metal rim decorated with scrolling flowers, the foot is encircled by a metal band decorated with lappets. 21 cm diam., 8 cm. high.

Provenance: Jan Brummelhuis collection, Amsterdam.