Burmese Silver Bowl
Repoussed Silver Bowl
Burma
circa 1900
height: 9.3cm, diameter: 13.5cm, weight: 457g
This finely repoussed silver bowl shows a continuous rolling scene of figures all in Burmese dress in medium-high relief. The scenes a particularly languid-looking princely dandy figure seated, one leg over the other, atop a tree stump!
The lower frieze comprises a wide band of chased acanthus leaves.
The upper frieze is composed of an unusual chased band of scrolling leaved and broad flower motifs.
The base is engraved with a small, central flower motif.
The bowl is without dents, splits or repairs. It is unusually heavy for its size: the walls are relatively thick.
Such bowls were largely for decorative purposes and had no utilitarian, ceremonial or religious purpose.
References
Fraser-Lu, S., Silverware of South-East Asia, Oxford University Press, 1989.
Fraser-Lu, S.,
Burmese Crafts: Past and Present, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Tilly, H.L.,
The Silverwork of Burma (with Photographs by P. Klier), The Superintendent, Government Printing, 1902.
Tilly, H.L.,
Modern Burmese Silverwork (with Photographs by P. Klier), The Superintendent, Government Printing, 1904.Provenance:
UK art market
Inventory no.: 2984
SOLD
