Oriental silverwork, Malay and Chinese, with over 250 original illustrations; a handbook for connoisseurs, collectors, students and silversmiths (1910)
in the best Malay houses, which consistedof split bamboos or palm trunk, making a very uneven surface, andnecessitating a broad base to anything that had to be placed on it.Aymonier (I. 132) figures a lotus leaved vase (not Cambodian) witha similar disproportionate base. As a matter of fact this… … BeR PiNANG ( BetroiFrom Lower Per Fig. 2 BER PINANG (Retrothal Cup). From Lower Pekak. Height 92 mm. (y^ in.), Diameter 127 mm. (5 in.) Mr. C. Uray-s Collection. A somewhat similar design and form in brass is found amongthe Morias Caste of Sibsagar, Upper Assam, as well as in Siam.As in Fig. i the…
Silverwork · Art objects, Asian
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