ANTIQUE 19thC INDIAN BURMESE SOLID SILVER EXCEPTIONAL SCULPTURAL TEAPOT c1880
19th Century Burmese Colonial Silver teapot, highly-decorative, chased and repoussed with various scenes from Burmese floklore, applied with a cast figural handle and a spout terminating with a naga head, each cover is surmounted by a "to-aung" (bull-lion) finial.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A3318
19th Century Burmese Colonial Silver teapot, highly-decorative, chased and repoussed with various scenes from Burmese floklore, applied with a cast figural handle and a spout terminating with a naga head, each cover is surmounted by a "to-aung" (bull-lion) finial.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A3318
19th Century Burmese Colonial Silver teapot, highly-decorative, chased and repoussed with various scenes from Burmese floklore, applied with a cast figural handle and a spout terminating with a naga head, each cover is surmounted by a "to-aung" (bull-lion) finial.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A3318
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century rare and magnificent Burmese Colonial Solid Silver teapot, highly-decorative, chased and repoussed with various scenes from Burmese floklore, applied with a cast figural handle and a spout terminating with a naga head, each cover is surmounted by a "to-aung" (bull-lion) finial.
The set is exceptionally decorative and heavy, it weights 1.140 kilos of high-grade silver (acid tested shows a 900+ silver standard). The silver appears to be unmarked, but the quality of the chasing (please see the details in the background, the cloths and the hair) shows that is an early piece, probably made in an important workshop in the 1880's.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - no damage.
TEAPOT
Height: 23cm
Width: 28.4 x 17.5cm
Weight: 1140g
