A TIBETAN JADE-INSET COPPER ALLOY 'BAJIXIANG' BOX AND COVER.

Tibet, Early 20th Century.

The rounded body with a flared foot moulded with lotus petals and set with four pear-shaped panels bordered by clouds and the image of Kirtimuhka, two inlaid with jade plaques carved with chilong, the shoulder with a chased decoration of the Eight Buddhist Symbols beneath a ruyi head band, the tiered cover with precious objects and rows of lotus petals, inlaid with glass and malachite beads and topped with an agate finial, 17cm diameter. (2)

西藏二十世紀早期 銅嵌玉八吉祥圖紋蓋盒