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Teabowl

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This tea bowl is an expensive version of the wooden type common in everyday use in Tibet. The combination of high-value materials such as jadeite and silver means that it would probably have belonged to a nobleman.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cut jadeite and repoussé silver
Brief description
Domestic, silver, Tibet
Physical description
A jaedite teabowl with silver mounts and dragon handle of silver.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Credit line
Purchased from the dealer Imre Schwaiger, Esq., 39, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W
Subject depicted
Summary
This tea bowl is an expensive version of the wooden type common in everyday use in Tibet. The combination of high-value materials such as jadeite and silver means that it would probably have belonged to a nobleman.
Collection
Accession number
IM.174-1913

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2006
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