Burmese Silver Monk's Begging Bowl
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A Burmese silver Monk's Begging bowl (Hsun OK), 20th century, X ray tested for .96 silver ('baw' silver), the silver bowl richly repousse worked and chased depicting scenes from the Buddha's life in decorated cartouches, with fillets to the upper register and stiff leaf borders to the base; unmarked, silver weight 803gr, height 13 cm, diameter 22 cm
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Chinese silver - bowls and baskets 567
- Oriental deities, Burmese - Buddha and other deities 116
- Oriental deities, other materials - Buddha 601
- religious objects, oriental
- silver, country of manufacture - Burmese, Shan 169
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