Description A LARGE INDONESIAN GOLD REPOUSSé ‘PHOENIX’ DISH
Indonesia, Tanimbar, 19th century or earlier. The richly decorated dish executed in fine repoussé, showing four phoenixes arranged in a stylized swastika in the center of the well surrounded by scroll borders, with a geometric border around the interior sides and another scroll border around the rim.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.
Condition: Good condition with minor traces of wear, few miniscule losses around the rim.
Weight: 103.6 g
Dimensions: Diameter 27 cm
Published: The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum, page 220, Budapest 2013.