Description AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE CHAM SILVER REPOUSSé BOWL WITH PHOENIXES
Champa, 10th-12th century. The bowl finely executed in repoussé with the sides showing phoenixes with long, sinuously coiled and intertwined bodies, a small cloud above each phoenix’ head, framed by floral, foliate and geometric borders, the flat circular base left unhammered.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with minor traces of age and wear.
Weight: 210.0 g
Dimensions: Height 10.6 cm, Base Diameter 10.9 cm
Published: The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum, page 73, Budapest 2013. Art of Champa, Arts of Southeast Asia, on the cover (!), Issue 4, 2020.