Dish

Dish or tray for Tibetan Lamaist use, imitating an open lotus-flower with crystal petals. Of silver, parcel-gilt and jewelled. The central boss, a crystal dragon of conventional form, is flanked by four crystal Tamdin-heads, separated by gems, arranged in a design of butterflies, flowers and petal motives.

Kind

artefact

Date

1700–1899 CE