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Lot 16

A Burmese silver bowl and a pair of smaller North Indian bowls
circa 1890 (3)

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14 June 2017, 10:00 BST
Edinburgh

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A Burmese silver bowl and a pair of smaller North Indian bowls

circa 1890
The large Burmese bowl chased and embossed with dancers, the base incised with a peacock, the two smaller bowls with hunting scenes, on the base elephants, diameter of the larger bowl 20cm, weight 39.5oz. (3)

Footnotes

'Silversmiths in Burma used a range of bird and animal patterns as their identifying marks, frequently incising them into the base of a bowl....the best work comes from those who used the peacock, the Burmese royal emblem as their mark..'

Delight in Design, Indian Silver for the Raj by Vidya Dehejia, p202
Mapin Publishing

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