Let X = H/L be an irreducible real bounded symmetric domain realized as a real form in an Hermitian symmetric domain D = G/K. The intersection S of the Shilov boundary of D with X defines a distinguished subset of the topological boundary of X and is invariant under H . It can be realized as S = H/P for certain parabolic subgroup P of H . We study the spherical representations Ind H P (λ) of H induced from P . We find formulas for the spherical functions in terms of the Macdonald 2 F 1 hypergeometric function. This generalizes the earlier result of Faraut-Koranyi for Hermitian symmetric spaces D. We consider a class of H -invariant integral intertwining operators from the representations Ind H P (λ) on L 2 (S) to the holomorphic representations of G restricted to H . We construct a new class of complementary series for the groups H = SO(n, m), SU(n, m) (with n − m > 2) and Sp(n, m) (with n − m > 1). We realize them as discrete components in the branching rule of the analytic continuation of the holomorphic discrete series of G = SU(n, m), SU(n, m) × SU(n, m) and SU(2n, 2m) respectively.