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A COPPER AND TURQUOISE-INLAID SILVER REPOUSSÉ GAU WITH THE EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A COPPER AND TURQUOISE-INLAID SILVER REPOUSSé GAU WITH THE EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Eastern Tibet, Kham province, Derge. Finely chased and embossed, the shrine of lobed outline with a similarly shaped central window, inlaid to the peaks with the Three Jewels in turquoise, above a lotus blossom flanked by a pair of dragons in sheet bronze over a lotus base, surrounded by the Eight Buddhist Emblems borne on neatly incised scrolling vines, above the Four Harmonious Brothers and Shoulao with his deer. Each side applied with foliate incised cord loops for suspension. With a copper backplate.

Provenance: German trade. Acquired from an old private collection in Germany.
Condition: Good condition with wear, traces of use, and manufacturing irregularities. Minor dents and little warping. Few minute nicks and light scratches. Small loss to one of the cord loops. The inlays possibly replaced. The sheet bronze elements slightly loose.

Weight: 999.5 g
Dimensions: Size 22.1 x 18.5 x 9 cm

Gaus are sacred receptacles serving many purposes in Tibetan daily life, including as a sign of social status and rank. They are most commonly constructed from metal repoussé and made according to three different sizes. The small and medium sized gaus are portable, while the largest of gaus were often placed within a home or temple. All hold sacred and auspicious objects including tsatsas which can often be seen through a viewing window. Their purpose, as stated by Rhie and Thurman, “...served as a site where the wisdom emanation of that enlightened being could be invoked and communicated with.” (A Shrine for Tibet, New York, 2009, p. 255)

Literature comparison:
Compare a related inlaid and parcel-gilt silver gau, also from Derge, Kham province, Tibet, 21 cm high, formerly in the Barbara Kipper collection, New York, and now in the Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore.

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