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    Repoussed & Chased Silver Plate or Dish

    Kandy, Sri Lanka
    19th century

    diameter: 17.8cm, weight: 143g

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    Provenance

    UK art market

    This exquisitely chased and repoussed silver shallow dish or plate is a remarkable example of the high standard that Ceylonese silver-smithing work reached in the nineteenth century.

    It is finely worked all over with typically Ceylonese floral and foliage motifs within geometric borders.

    References

    Coomaraswamy, A.K., Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, Pantheon Books, 1956

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