Description
FOUR SINO-TIBETAN SILVER PARCEL-GILT ‘BAJIXIANG’ CANDLE HOLDERS, QING
Sino-Tibetean, 18 - 19th century. The foliated, eight-lobed candle holders are engraved or embossed with the Eight Buddhist Symbols (Bajixiang), showing one on each petal, respectively. (4)
Condition: Several dents, wear and warping.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo- Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Weight: 539.2 g in total.
Dimensions: Height 5.5-7.5 cm. Diameter 11.8-13.6 cm.