Caption

Ritual vessel, gift; Burmese art, Burmese culture, religious rites. Tray with a fluted surface showing a 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 wooden table seen from the front with a round dark tabletop and a carved dark band underneath, supported by a group of short carved legs and decorative aprons in a reddish-brown wood tone; the surface shows areas of worn dark finish and the wood grain and carving details are visible, with the background and floor appearing in muted gray and reflections of the legs faintly visible on the surface beneath.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_319

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.0Mb (679.2Kb) / 20.0in x 8.6in / 6000 x 2566 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ritual vessel gift Burmese art Burmese culture religious rites Tray fluted surface showing 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 wooden table front round dark tabletop carved dark band underneath supported group short carved decorative aprons reddish-brown wood tone surface areas worn dark finish wood grain carving details visible background floor appearing muted gray reflections legs faintly visible surface beneath.