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Antique early 20th-century, exceptionally rare Burmese (Myanmar) solid silver repoussé bowl, very well made from heavy gauge silver and decorated in high relief with a continuous scene depicting Burmese mythology. The workmanship is especially crisp and detailed.
The base is stamped: MAUNG YIN MAUNG, MASTER SILVERSMITH, 29 GODWIN ROAD, RANGOON (now Myoma Kyaung Street).
Reference Number: DO11316
Antique early 20th-century, exceptionally rare Burmese (Myanmar) solid silver repoussé bowl, very well made from heavy gauge silver and decorated in high relief with a continuous scene depicting Burmese mythology. The workmanship is especially crisp and detailed.
The base is stamped: MAUNG YIN MAUNG, MASTER SILVERSMITH, 29 GODWIN ROAD, RANGOON (now Myoma Kyaung Street).
Reference Number: DO11316
Antique early 20th-century, exceptionally rare Burmese (Myanmar) solid silver repoussé bowl, very well made from heavy gauge silver and decorated in high relief with a continuous scene depicting Burmese mythology. The workmanship is especially crisp and detailed.
The base is stamped: MAUNG YIN MAUNG, MASTER SILVERSMITH, 29 GODWIN ROAD, RANGOON (now Myoma Kyaung Street).
Reference Number: DO11316
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Maung Shwe Yon, founder of the renowned Rangoon workshop, died in 1889 and was succeeded by his three sons: Maung Shwe Bin, Maung Thu Hlaing, and Maung Yin Maung—the latter responsible for this superb piece (see Wilkinson, Silver from the Raj, 1999, p.36).
Maung Yin Maung did not produce only virtuoso, prize-winning silverware. This small, delicately pierced, and well-proportioned bowl is an example of his more modest output. An inscription on the underside identifies the maker by name, address, and date of completion—evidence of the consistent quality and pride in authorship across all his work.
Maung Yin Maung was awarded one of the nineteen gold medals in the metalwares section at the Delhi Exhibition of 1902–1903. While this bowl is undated, it may well have been created for that event.
The Maung Shwe Yon workshop is associated with the finest Burmese silver produced under British rule. It is extremely rare to find Burmese silver bearing the maker’s mark in English. A comparable bowl by Maung Yin Maung, bearing the exact same inscription, sold at Sworders (24 November 2015, Lot 25) for £11,500 hammer (+22% premium), measuring 23 cm across.
This item has been published – Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom, 2020, p.66, no.S139, fig.3.43.
Bonhams, The Noble Silver Collection: Treasures from the Burmese Silver Age, 14 – 24 March 2022, New York, lot 911.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - Wear expected with age. Please refer to photographs.
SIZE
Height: 10 cm // 3.94 inches
Diameter: 16 cm // 6.30 inches
Weight: 485 grams // 15.59 ozt