Eight Treasure Pattern Silver Plate ~ (八寳紋銀盤) ~ Large Clock
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~ Brushes Silver and Black Background ~ Cup Stand with the Eight Buddhist Treasures ~ * ~ China; Metalwork ~ 14th century ~ Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Silver with Façonné par repoussage. (Shaped by embossing) ` * ~ The objects resting on lotus buds on the interior of this cup stand represent seven of the Eight Buddhist Treasures: a wheel, an endless knot, a conch shell, a victory banner, lotus flowers, a pair of fish, and a treasure vase. ~ * ~ (Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)