BURMESE SILVER BOWL
19TH-20TH CENTURY
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
緬甸 十九至二十世紀 銀製人物紋碗
deep circular form, various decorative bands below the plain top rim, the body in high and low relief with traditionally dressed figures in various narrative scenes delineated by shaped cartouches, a repeating decorative leaf and bird border around the circular base
Dimensions
21cm diameter; 890g
Provenance
The property of Mrs. Margaret Duguid of Belhelvie who lived in India and Burma in the 1920s-40s, where her husband served with the Burma Rifles. Her favourite posting is a remote station on the borders of China, French Indochina and Thailand. An intrepid spirit she travelled extensively throughout the Far East.
蘇格蘭亞伯丁郡Belhelvie鎮瑪格列特·杜格夫人藏品。隨夫於1920至40年代為緬甸步槍隊服役時居住在印度和緬甸。一生多遷，最鍾情於中國、法屬印度支那及泰國邊境的偏遠小鎮。憑藉著勇敢的精神，足跡遍佈遠東各地。