PLAT D'OFFRANDE RITUEL ET SON TRÉPIED EN ACIER DAMASQUINÉ OR ET ARGENT TIBET ORIENTAL, XVE/XVIE SIÈCLEPLAT D'OFFRANDE RITUEL ET SON TRÉPIED EN ACIER DAMASQUINÉ OR ET ARGENTTIBET ORIENTAL, XVE/XVIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205027 The basin: 50 cm (19 3/4 in.) diam.; With stand: 67 cm (26 3/8 in.) highA GOLD AND SILVER DAMASCENED STEEL RITUAL OFFERING DISH AND TRIPOD STAND EASTERN TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY 藏東 十五/十六世紀 鋼鋄金銀供盤及三足供架 Such refined metalwork with damascened silver and gold inlays such as this tripod draws association to the famed Chinese workshops of the early Ming dynasty and the foundries of Derge in eastern Tibet. The large flaming scroll along the exterior of the basin suggests that this object was used in fire-offering rituals relating to the Hindu fire god Agni. Tibetan fire rituals were used as a swift conduit between the worshipper and deity, with smoke acting as a means of purifying the obstructions to one's spiritual path. Published:Michael Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet: A Handbook on Ceremonial Objects and Ritual Furnishings in the Tibetan Temple, Stuttgart, 2020, p. 267, no. 342.Exhibited:Remember That You Will Die, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 19 March - 9 August 2010.Provenance:Nagel, Stuttgart, 8 November 2011, lot 1348.Astamangala, Amsterdam, 2000s