A Tibetan Silver Travelling Shrine, Ga‘uQING DYNASTY (1644-1912)清 藏銀噶烏盒 of tiered form having a curved recto and verso with pointed corners, depicting fourteen deities in four registers; at bottom, three wrathful deities surmounted by eight peaceful figures holding alms bowls, further surmounted by a central figure of a lama wearing a pandita hat; the registers framed by architectural elements resembling a pagoda roof, having a lotus base.Length 6 in., 15.2 cm.Property from the Collection of Bruce H. and Eleanor A. Knowles, Williamsburg, VirginiaAcquired from TK Oriental Antiques, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 24th, 2009 5th 2011.Exhibited in Xi'an, Shanxi, China, September-October 2011.