19th May, 2023 13:00
Asian Art I
A GROUP OF FOUR BURMESE LACQUER DISHES
OFFERED ON BEHALF OF PROSPECT BURMA TO BENEFIT EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
A GROUP OF FOUR BURMESE LACQUER DISHES
19th/20th Century
Comprising a shallow circular tray decorated to the centre in gilt with an elephant within a floral medallion, all on a red lacquer ground, the second tray painted in gilt on a red lacquer ground with a chinthe enclosed within a quatrefoil panel and surrounded by scrolling leafy motifs, and two circular trays part-decorated using the yun technique but left unfinished,
18 - 26cm diameter
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PROVENANCE:
Collection of Prospect Burma, UK.
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The red lacquer tray decorated with an elephant previously in the collection of a British missionary family who lived in Burma during the 1920s-30s;
The two black and red trays previously donated by Elizabeth Barraclough, OBE, in May 2004.
Elizabeth Barraclough (1912-2006) worked in the British Foreign Service, and was posted to Singapore and Canton before being re-assigned to Burma, where she lived in the then-capital Rangoon. Her accomplishments during her eight-year stint earnt her advancement to OBE in 1956.
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