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12th Century Inscribed Khmer Silver Alms Bowl browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Southeast Asian:Metalwork: Pre 1492: item # 849003 Please refer to our stock # 1092 when inquiring.
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Details: An extremely rare silver Khmer alms bowl with chased inscriptions on both sides. This is a well proportioned silver bowl that might have been formed in its day by hammering a silver slug heated over a charcoal fire into a disc that would then be hammered over a matrix to achieve the simple rounded bowl shape. As all ready stated above Khmer silver is extremely rare. Silver was neither incorruptible nor easily available to the Khmer. The heart of the Khmer empire around the Mekong Delta was metal poor and had to be imported from mineral rich areas of Southeast Asia such as North Eastern Thailand and the Shan States of present day Burma. We know from early texts such as the Indian monk Nagasena’s account of Funan in the 5th century: “...the people make rings and bracelets of gold and vessels of silver.” Other textual references record silver items that were given as royal gifts, including silver images of the gods associated with the great Khmer king Jayavarman VII. Age: 12th Century. Width: 12.5cm. Depth: 7cm. Remarks: For a similar well known image of a Khmer silver bowl see Plate 178, “Adoration and Glory, The Golden Age of Khmer Art” by Emma Bunker and Douglas Latchford. |
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