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 wooden stand with a shallow round top sits on a flat surface, showing a worn rim and textured outer band in dark color and an inner surface in a reddish brown shade, supported by a group of carved legs and brackets in reddish and brown tones with visible chips and rough edges, set against a neutral gray background with subtle reflections on the surface below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_320

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Rights managed

Available size

44.0Mb (641.6Kb) / 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 wooden stand shallow round top sits flat surface showing worn rim textured outer band dark color inner surface reddish brown shade supported group carved legs brackets reddish brown tones visible chips rough edges set neutral gray background subtle reflections surface .