chinese enamelled silver gilt boxes
small collection of chinese enamelled silver gilt boxes & canisters
Date/Time: 05.01.2016 13:02:27
small collection of chinese enamelled silver gilt boxes & canisters
Lacquered & Gilded Ancestral Shrine Cabinet 1900
Southern China for the Straits Chinese Market
Date/Time: 08.02.2011 09:50:31
This cabinet, most probably made in northern Guangdong (Canton) in southern China for the Straits Chinese market of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, was
used to house ancestor tablets that honoured the souls of the departed.
It comprises a black lacquer cabinet with two hinged doors with brass fittings. The doors are inset with four carved panels each that have been decorated with
red lacquer and gilding. The carved panels include phoenix motifs and scenes of vases on tables, as well as plum blossoms. Elaborately carved friezes of
flowers are at the top and bottom of the cabinet as well. The cabinet sits on a low foot carved at the front with rococo-like flourishes with gilt highlights.
The doors open to reveal a small lacquer and gilt table on which the ancestor tablets stood, as well as a gilded, carved fringe to the sides and top of the
interior.
The back of the interior is decorated with a black and gold backdrop as if it is a Chinese screen. This is beautifully decorated with a mountain, stream and hut
scene.
used to house ancestor tablets that honoured the souls of the departed.
It comprises a black lacquer cabinet with two hinged doors with brass fittings. The doors are inset with four carved panels each that have been decorated with
red lacquer and gilding. The carved panels include phoenix motifs and scenes of vases on tables, as well as plum blossoms. Elaborately carved friezes of
flowers are at the top and bottom of the cabinet as well. The cabinet sits on a low foot carved at the front with rococo-like flourishes with gilt highlights.
The doors open to reveal a small lacquer and gilt table on which the ancestor tablets stood, as well as a gilded, carved fringe to the sides and top of the
interior.
The back of the interior is decorated with a black and gold backdrop as if it is a Chinese screen. This is beautifully decorated with a mountain, stream and hut
scene.
TSAKLIS
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Date/Time: 13.04.2011 14:43:05
Tsaklis are small cards of layered stiffened handmade paper or of sized cloth, painted on one side and often with a Tibetan syllable, word, line, or several lines of calligraphy on the reverse. They are assembled into sets and depict specific deities and symbols associated with rituals practiced in Tibetan Buddhism. The rituals may include empowerment ceremonies, transmission of teachings, and funerals and the cards usages may be as substitutes for ceremonial items or as visualization aids.