Lot 1148
Silver bowl with all-over floral and figurative decoration on the exterior, niello and gilding, Thailand, 19th century.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Skullcap-shaped bowl. The interior silver-coloured with impressions from the recesses for the inlays on the exterior. Exterior fully decorated with six horizontal ornamental zones, each separated by an encircling front, around a central medallion on the bottom of the bowl. All depictions in gold on a black, nielloed ground. From bottom to top: 1) Stylised Lion within a thicket of branches and leaves. 2) Floral repeat pattern of blossoms. 3) Floral repeat pattern of leaves. 4) “Kymation” of vertically arranged “tongues” and leaves respectively. 5) Four stylised Lions, each separated by three shrubs with blossoms and leaves on branches. 6) “Kymation” as above, but this time with pendant elements. 7) Repeat pattern of blossoms. Decorative, elaborately ornamented metal vessel in very good condition. Diameter 13.4 cm. Height 6.5 cm. Weight 154 gr.Condition: I - Questions about the lot?
