ANTIQUE 20thC BURMESE OUTSTANDING SOLID SILVER BETEL BOX, RANGOON c.1900

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20th Century Burmese solid silver betel box, highly-decorative, repousse' decorated in high relief depicting different traditional scenes from the Burmese mythology, showing very detailed figures set against a chiselled matted background in landscapes. Around the top chased with scrolling foliage, the base decorated with betel leaves, mounted with a lid in similar style and mounted with a round finial.

Reference Number: A5167

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20th Century Burmese solid silver betel box, highly-decorative, repousse' decorated in high relief depicting different traditional scenes from the Burmese mythology, showing very detailed figures set against a chiselled matted background in landscapes. Around the top chased with scrolling foliage, the base decorated with betel leaves, mounted with a lid in similar style and mounted with a round finial.

Reference Number: A5167

20th Century Burmese solid silver betel box, highly-decorative, repousse' decorated in high relief depicting different traditional scenes from the Burmese mythology, showing very detailed figures set against a chiselled matted background in landscapes. Around the top chased with scrolling foliage, the base decorated with betel leaves, mounted with a lid in similar style and mounted with a round finial.

Reference Number: A5167

DESCRIPTION

Antique early-20th Century Burmese solid silver betel box, highly-decorative, repousse' decorated in high relief depicting different traditional scenes from the Burmese mythology, showing very detailed figures set against a chiselled matted background in landscapes. Around the top chased with scrolling foliage, the base decorated with betel leaves, mounted with a lid in similar style and mounted with a round finial. The quality of the box is simply outstanding and very crisp, the figures and proportions are much smaller than usual.

CONDITION

In Great Condition - No Damage.


SIZE

Height: 19cm
Width: 12cm
Weight: 605g
 

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