Caption

Ritual vessel, gift, Burmese art, Burmese culture, religious rites. Tray with a fluted surface showing a visible bamboo weaving pattern, made of bamboo covered with black lacquer on the bottom. Profiled legs covered with red lacquer. Overall good condition; local abrasions and cracks in the lacquer layers, many local cracks and lacquer losses on the bottom. 19th/20th century, Burma Myanmar. Vessel; height 15.5 cm, diameter 44.5 cm., A low round wooden stand with a shallow rim sits against a neutral background, showing a worn dark top edge and an inner surface with muted reddish-brown tones; the sides beneath the rim display a textured dark finish with areas of wear revealing reddish-brown wood. The stand rests on a group of short carved legs and small supporting brackets with visible tool marks and chipped edges, all in shades of reddish-brown and darkened spots. The background is a uniform gray and the surface beneath the stand reflects the bottom of the legs faintly.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_316

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.0Mb (632.4Kb) / 20.0in x 8.6in / 6000 x 2566 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ritual vessel gift Burmese art Burmese culture religious rites Tray fluted surface showing visible bamboo weaving pattern bamboo covered black lacquer bottom Profiled legs covered red lacquer good condition local abrasions cracks lacquer layers local cracks lacquer losses 19th 20th century Burma Myanmar Vessel height 15.5 cm diameter 44.5 cm low round wooden stand shallow rim sits neutral background showing worn dark top edge inner surface muted reddish-brown tones sides beneath rim display textured dark finish areas wear revealing reddish-brown wood stand rests group short carved legs small supporting brackets visible tool marks chipped edges shades reddish-brown darkened spots background uniform gray surface beneath stand reflects legs faintly.