Item: Miscellaneous

Tibetan: པར་ཤིང་སྣང་བརྙན། སྣ་ཚོགས། Chinese: 版画 (多种)

(item no. 101510)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Material	Gold, Stone Inset: Turquoise, Pearl
Collection	Private
Catalogue #	Tibet Museum, Lhasa

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

This remarkable basin, used by the Dalai Lamas, has a mythical phoenix spreading its wings in the cavetto, and on the band near the rim the Eight Auspicious Symbols. The edge of the lip is embellished with over fifty turquoise and other semi-precious stones.