Lot 1339
  • 1339

A SILVER FILIGREE SHRINE QING DYNASTY

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver
intricately crafted with the main gate preceding an antechamber and the principal shrine along the central axis, flanked on the left by a twin-roofed shrine and on the right by a pavilion with a canopy-form roof, each structure minutely detailed with appropriate architectural elements, painted banners and labels, furniture, ritual garniture and statuettes, all set within a walled garden of gilt-silver trees, plants, and further shrines on the ground, the low base rimmed with everted silver foliage

Provenance

Acquired in China prior to 1949.