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Three Cast Bronze Burmese Figurines
Pegu, Burma
circa 1930
heights: 15 cm – 20 cm (including stands)
Figurines such as these were commissioned by British administrators and their families in Burma as souvenirs and gifts for friends on their return home. As
Sylvia Fraser Lu (1994:143) says, some examples barely rise above tourist kitsch but others such as those shown here, with their sense of proportion, realism
and attention to detail are minor masterpieces of bronze casting.
One figure is playing chin-lon, which is played with a rattan ball, and is similar to takraw of Thailand. His pah-so (sarong) is pulled up between his legs and
tucked into the front for greater ease of movement.
References: See Fraser-Lu, S., Burmese Crafts: Past and Present, Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 143 for a comparable example.
Inventory no.: 267 SOLD
Three Cast Bronze Burmese Figurines
Pegu, Burma
circa 1930
heights: 15 cm – 20 cm (including stands)
Figurines such as these were commissioned by British administrators and their families in Burma as souvenirs and gifts for friends on their return home. As
Sylvia Fraser Lu (1994:143) says, some examples barely rise above tourist kitsch but others such as those shown here, with their sense of proportion, realism
and attention to detail are minor masterpieces of bronze casting.
One figure is playing chin-lon, which is played with a rattan ball, and is similar to takraw of Thailand. His pah-so (sarong) is pulled up between his legs and
tucked into the front for greater ease of movement.
References: See Fraser-Lu, S., Burmese Crafts: Past and Present, Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 143 for a comparable example.
Inventory no.: 267 SOLD
