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Antique Burmese Silver Offering Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A SILVER OFFERING BOWL WITH SCENES FROM THE VIDHURA-PANDITA JATAKA, LOWER BURMA (MYANMAR), DATED 1901.
A hammered repoussé Buddhist beggar’s bowl form with high relief design depicting scenes from the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka on the upper row of cartouches and beneath neat rows of semicircular lappets each depicting various auspicious human and animal forms with scrolling acanthus leaf backgrounds. The overall concept is similar to the layered effect of a Burmese court costume. The circular etched design on the base is of Punnaka astride his magical horse mid-stride holding the white umbrella and Vidhura pleading behind. All surrounded by an inscription, translated as, "Mr Saw Marn's silver bowl. Year 1263 [1901 CE]".
Excellent condition.
11 3/4 in. (30 cm) diameter x 5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high.
38 troy oz., 2lbs. 10 oz. (1175 grams).
Provenance:
The Noble Silver Collection.
Bonhams New York, 24 March 2022, The Noble Silver Collection Treasures from the Burmese Silver Age, lot 942.
Published:
David Owens, Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom, 2020, p. 76, no. S81, fig. 3.57.
Bonham’s Footnotes:
In the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka, the bodhisattva that will later become Gautama Buddha perfects the virtue of truthfulness (sacca), at once a keen perception of the true reality of things and an unwavering commitment to imparting this truth. Reborn as a renowned advisor to a virtuous king, the bodhisattva uses undivided speech throughout the story—even when it puts him in harm's way—thereby preventing disputes among rulers, offering amnesty, and ultimately saving the antagonists who initially conspired to kill him.
Burmese Silver Ceremonial Offering Bowls were produced in great numbers, the finely decorated ceremonial offering bowl is the quintessential Burmese silver artwork...
Category
Early 1900s Burmese Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Antique Edwardian quality iron and copper scales & original iron weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality iron and copper scales having a quality set of iron shop scales with a large circular copper pan with the original set of iron w...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Metalwork
Materials
Iron, Copper
Elegant pair of quality antique Victorian brass fire dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Elegant pair of quality antique Victorian brass fire dogs having a quality pair of brass fire dogs with shaped tops standing on shaped feet.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Chinese Bronzed Seated Buddha with Boys
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Chinese bronzed copper seated Buddha with five small boys believed to date from the early 20th century. The hollow cast figure is well detailed and portrays the seated smiling...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Set of three antique Victorian pewter measures marked VR
Located in Ipswich, GB
Set of three antique Victorian pewter measures marked VR, set of three antique Victorian pewter baluster measures marked VR and Suffolk to the front
...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Pewter
Pair Of Antique Japanese Bronze Vases Meiji Period
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Japanese bronze vases Meiji period. Having raised trees, birds and flowers, nice decorated tops
Category
Early 20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large antique Victorian quality cast iron pot
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian quality cast iron pot having a shaped swing handle above a large circular pot standing on square tapering feet.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Anglo Indian Fly Fisherman's Antique 9ct Gold Brooch, Hamilton & Co Calcutta
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare and desirable 9 ct gold brooch in the form of a tied fly fisherman's lure, retailed by Hamilton & Co, Calcutta, 1.7 grams.
Robert Hamilton ...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Gold
Antique Edwardian brass square trivet
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian brass square trivet
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Marble Bi with Figures 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Cast Metal Bi with Figures, 19th C
Measures- 11.5'' diameter x .5'' thick, 3'' opening diameter
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Chinese Blacksmith Iron Scissors on Mount, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-forged pair of 19th century scissors would have been a valuable and versatile tool, whether used by a trained shoemaker to cut leather or a refined scholar to trim a bonsai...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian quality brass coal scuttle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality brass coal scuttle having a quality swing carrying handle to the top and a shaped brass handle to the side
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Wonderful large antique Edwardian brass cannon
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful large antique Edwardian brass cannon having a wonderful model of a brass cannon with lovely decoration, movable wheels and cannon.
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique victorian quality copper and brass tea urn
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique victorian quality copper and brass tea urn having a lift off lid with a brass finale to the top, shaped body with the original brass tap standing...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Copper
Chinese Blacksmith Iron Scissors on Mount, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-forged metal sculpture, with its delicate appearance and whimsical shape, was once an integral tool to a 19th century Chinese cobbler’s trade. Made of iron, these scissors ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Quality Antique Victorian Walnut & Brass Mounted Sliding Bookends
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut & brass mounted sliding bookends, having quality sliding walnut book stand with engraved brass & walnut ends, beautif...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Quality Brass Coal Scuttle With Original Shovel
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality brass coal scuttle with original brass shovel having a quality brass coal scuttle with a swing handle and the original brass shovel
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Victorian Quality Brass Helmet Coal Scuttle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality brass helmet coal scuttle having a shaped carrying handle with a shaped quality brass helmet coal scuttle
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Chinese Blacksmith Iron Scissors on Mount, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-forged metal sculpture, with its delicate appearance and whimsical shape, was once an integral tool to a 19th century Chinese cobbler’s trade. Made of iron, these scissors ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Antique Bronze Pestle and Mortar
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique bronze pestle and mortar.
Antique bronze mortar bowl with the original bronze pestle.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Unusual round antique Victorian quality brass kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual round antique Victorian quality brass kettle having a quality turned handle, shaped lift off lid standing on ball feet.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Small antique George III quality copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Small antique George III quality copper kettle having a quality copper kettle with a removable lid with the original brass knob having a shaped handle and spout
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
South Asian Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
This 20th century South Asian oil lamp is made of brass in the shape of an aircraft. Oil lamps like these were likely handcrafted using the century old lost-wax process of metal cast...
Category
20th Century South Asian Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bottle Vase – Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this most exquisite Meiji Period 1868-1912, cloisonne enamel bottle vase manufactured by the most highly revered enamel artist of the late 19th century, the imperial artist Namikawa Yasuyuki...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Antique George III quality copper & brass samovar
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique George III quality copper & brass samovar having a quality copper samovar with a lift off lid and brass knob, shaped copper handles to the sides, with a brass tap standing on...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Large unusual antique quality George III copper pan
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large unusual antique quality George III quality copper pan having a quality antique George III copper pan with the original turned handle
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Fine quality antique George III large copper samovar
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique George III large copper samovar having a quality George III large copper samovar with engraved decoration having a lift off lid, fantastic lions head ring carryi...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Exquisite Quality Japanese Iron Box – Okuno Company Kyoto
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this exquisite Meiji Period (1868-1912), iron box and cover of lobed rounded form manufactured in Kyoto by t...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Iron
Japanese Kanazawa School Bronze Vases – Goto Seijiro
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this unusual shape heavy quality pair of early Meiji Period (1868-1912) bronze and mixed metal inlaid vases ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Antique George III Copper Helmet Coal Scuttle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique George III copper helmet coal scuttle having a quality helmet coal scuttle with a swing handle, carrying handle a lovely shaped scut...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique Victorian quality copper helmet coal scuttle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality copper helmet coal scuttle having a shaped carrying handle with a shaped quality copper helmet coal scuttle and a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
A pair of Meiji period blue cloisonne vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period blue cloisonne vases, each with a peacock on a rocky outcrop surrounded by flowering peony plants on a dark blue ground, the peacocks facing each other, with s...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Pair of antique Victorian quality brass horse brasses
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality brass horse brasses having a quality pair of antique Victorian original brass horse brasses on leather pads
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
A small fine quality Meiji period cloisonné enamel vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small fine quality Meiji period cloisonne enamel vase, with silver wires and gilt rims decorated with lappets of dragons of ho-ho birds on a brown ground, with textile designs arou...
Category
1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Large antique George III copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique George III copper kettle having a shaped handle and spout, lift off lid with the original original ornate brass knob.
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique George III quality small copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique George III quality small copper kettle having a quality shaped handle and spout with a lift off lid
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique Victorian quality copper coal bucket
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality copper coal bucket having a quality shaped iron swing handle above a circular copper coal bucket standing on brass feet
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Quality Antique George III Brass Helmet Coal Scuttle With Original Shovel
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique George III brass helmet coal scuttle with original shovel having a shaped movable handle
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian small spelter bust of Napoleon
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian small spelter bust of Napoleon having a quality small spelter bust of Napoleon with Waterloo engraved to the bottom of the figure mounted on a rectangular marble base
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Spelter
Unusual antique Victorian quality copper kettle on a stand
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality copper kettle on a stand having a quality copper kettle on a stand with a white porcelain shaped handle, standing on the original ornate copper stan...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique George III quality copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique George III quality copper kettle having a quality copper kettle with a removable lid with the original brass knob, having a shaped handle and spout.
Category
19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Large antique George III quality copper pan with a copper skimmer
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique George III quality copper pan with shaped handles to both sides and a antique copper skimmer
D. 1820
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Large antique Victorian brass & mixed metal dish
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian brass & mixed metal dish having a fantastic brass mixed metal dish with wonderful detail to the centre and a wavy edge
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large antique George III copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique George III copper kettle having a shaped handle and spout, lift off lid with the original original brass knob.
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Quality heavy antique Victorian brass jam pale
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality heavy antique Victorian brass jam pale, having an iron shaped swing handle with a quality brass jam pale
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Patinated Bronze Buddhistic Lion Censer 17th/18th Century
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable Edo Period (1603-1868) Japanese patinated bronze Buddhistic lion censer, exceptionally executed sculptural shishi foo dog form, finely detailed, retaining the original r...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian quality circular cairoware copper and mixed metal tray
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality circular cairoware copper and mixed metal tray with marvellous ornate detail to the centre and to the rim of the tray.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases, decorated in high relief, one with a pheasant perched on a branch of prunus blossom and the other with two carp swimming under a bough of wisteri...
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Quality antique George III copper coal scuttle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique George III copper coal scuttle having a quality antique George III copper coal scuttle, with a carrying handle to the top and a handle to the back standing on a circu...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Unusual quality round antique Victorian brass kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual quality round antique Victorian quality kettle having a quality turned brown glass handle, shaped lift off lid standing on ball feet.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Suji-bachi kabuto and menpo Signed by Myōchin Muneaki and dated 1853
Located in Milano, IT
Suji-bachi kabuto and menpo
Signed by Myōchin Muneaki and dated 1853
Signature: Kaei 6 - Ushidoshi Oshu Nihonmatsu-ju Myōchin Ki (no) Muneaki saku
Made in 1853 by Myōchin Ki Muneak...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Scent Bottle – Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this exceptional quality Meiji Period 1868-1912, circa 1895 cloisonne enamel scent bottle by the most highly regarded cloisonne master of the period, the Imperial artist Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845-1927. On this occasion Namikawa has manufactured a scent bottle of rounded form with opposing panels, the first panel depicts an exotic bird carrying a floral sprig in its mouth, the bird finely rendered in solid gold wire upon a buff coloured ground, the reverse depicts a gold wired butterfly...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Large antique George III copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique George III copper kettle having a shaped handle and spout, lift off lid with the original original brass knob.
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Victorian Quality Brass Helmet Coal Scuttle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality brass helmet coal scuttle having a shaped carrying handle with a shaped quality brass helmet coal scuttle
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Lovely antique Victorian Kenrick cast iron doorstop
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian Kenrick cast iron doorstop having a lovely cast iron doorstop with a pierced loop handle above an acanthus leaf decorated stem and a bell to the base, stamp...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Antique Edwardian quality iron and copper scales
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality iron and copper scales having a quality set of iron shop scales with a large circular copper pan with a set of iron weights.
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Iron
Quality small antique George III copper kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality small antique George III copper kettle having a quality copper kettle with a removable lid with the original brass knob having a shaped handle and spout
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Large antique Victorian quality copper pan
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian quality copper pan having a large antique Victorian quality copper pan with a riveted iron handle
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
