A MALAY SILVER REPOUSSÉ LIDDED BOWL
Malay Archipelago, South East Asia, 19th century

Of compressed rounded shape, resting on a short straight foot, with a hemispherical lid with a button-shaped pommel at the top, the exterior engraved and chased, the decoration consisting of three decorative bands, next to the foot a fretwork band of triangular motifs, above it alternating cartouches with lush vegetal sprays and chequered grid with stylised flower heads, an interlocking foliate trellis running around the band below the rim, the lid repeating the same decorative patterns, the pommel engraved with a lotus flower, 21cm diam. and 15.5cm high.