Pair Of Burmese High-grade Silver Bowls, Mandalay, C.1900 – Tested 900+

This lot consists of a finely matched pair of antique Burmese silver bowls on spreading feet, probably from a Mandalay workshop around 1900. The bowls are hand worked in deep repousse and detailed chasing with dense floral and foliate decoration, bordered by a row of tiny beading just under the rim.

The two pieces complement each other rather than repeat the same pattern. One bowl shows a woman walking with a basket balanced on her head among flowering plants, the other a man with birds in the branches. The figures are treated in a charmingly naïve style typical of Burmese silver of this period.

The interiors were originally fire-gilded. After more than a century of use most of the gilding has been polished away, remaining mainly in the recesses and around the centres. The silver has been tested and shows a fineness above 900, consistent with traditional Burmese alloys.

Condition: excellent antique condition. No dents, splits, repairs or distortions to rims or bases. Normal age-related surface wear and partial loss of interior gilding only. The relief remains crisp and the bowls stand square and level.

A decorative and substantial pair for collectors of Asian silver or for use as elegant serving bowls or small centrepieces.

Dimensions: height 7.8 cm; diameter 12.7 cm; combined weight 226.15 g (tested silver of at least 900 fineness).

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