ANTIQUE 20thC BURMESE MAUNG YIN MAUNG SOLID SILVER BOWL, RANGOON c.1905
20th Century Burmese, Myanmar Silver repousse' bowls, very well made and heavy gauge, pierced and repousse' decorated in high relief with plaques dipicting different scenes from the Burmese mythology. The workmenship is particularly crisp and detailed.
Base is stamped MAUNG YIN MAUNG, MASTER SILVERSMITH, 29 GODWIN ROAD, RANGOON, BURMA, 1905. (now Myoma Kyaung st).
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4521
DESCRIPTION
Antique 20th Century exceptionally rare Burmese, Myanmar Solid Silver repousse' bowls, very well made and heavy gauge, pierced and repousse' decorated in high relief with plaques dipicting different scenes from the Burmese mythology. The workmenship is particularly crisp and detailed.
Base is stamped MAUNG YIN MAUNG, MASTER SILVERSMITH, 29 GODWIN ROAD, RANGOON, BURMA, 1905. (now Myoma Kyaung st), Maung Shwe Yon (Father) who was the founder of the silver workshop died in 1889 and was succeeded by his three sons Maung Shwe Bin, Maung Thu Hlaing and Maung Yin Maung, who is responsible for making this spectacular bowl (Wilkinson, 1999, p.36)
MYM was awarded one of the nineteen gold medals for his work in the metalwares section at the Delhi exhibition 1902-1903, this bowl is dated 1905, made soon after the exhibition.
Maung Shwe Yon workshop is associated with the finest and most desirable silver produced in Burma under the British rule, its very rare to find Burmese silver marked with the makers mark in English. A similar bowl by MYM recently sold in auction for £11,500 (+22% premium) with the exact inscription on the base, please see the link.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 10cm
Width: 17cm
Weight: 487g
