Thai Silver Dish

Engraved Footed, Lotus-Form Silver Dish with Openwork Rim

This solid-silver dish in the shape of a large open lotus is almost certainly the product of a localised ethnic Chinese silversmith in Bangkok, Thailand. The wide, open-work rim is beautifully decorated with prunus or plum blossoms and foliage interspersed with small humming birds. The design is mirrored in the central roundel which is engraved with a fine and dense pattern of interlocking prunus sprays and humming birds in flight.

The dish sits on three baluster-spherical feet cast almost as native fruits.

The dish is marked to the underside with Thai characters and ’90’, suggesting the silver purity.

Such dishes served a variety of uses, including being used on altars to hold offerings.

The dish is in excellent condition.

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