Oriental silverwork, Malay and Chinese, with over 250 original illustrations; a handbook for connoisseurs, collectors, students and silversmiths (1910)
are generally made for the Malays. The quality of the Malay work varies largely. Some pieces are crudein workmanship, but generally speaking the designs are excellent, and inmost cases both the designs and execution show that the art is an3thingbut immature. Certain designs appear to be found in… … HAMMER, DRILL STOCK, and CUTTERS, used by the Malay Silversmiths in Brunei.All Half-Si/e. ISunkjhU Mnseiim. The Chinese work appears to fall into four divisions, viz., the solidvigorous workmanship of the casket type (Figs. 25 and 26) ; 2, thedelicate work of the square belt buckle (Fig. 112), like…
Silverwork · Art objects, Asian
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