Description FOUR SILVER REPOUSSé MEDICINE BOXES AND COVERS
Champa, 18th-19th century. Two boxes of compressed globular shape, finely executed in repoussé with floral and geometric designs and an impressed flower mark to the circular base; one box of octagonal shape and with fine repoussé showing a flower at the top of the cover as well as an impressed floral mark to the base; and one box of tapering cylindrical form with a stepped finial and a recessed circular base.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. One box with old collector’s number to the base.
Condition: Good condition with minor traces of age and wear, one box with little verdigris here and there.
Weight: 199.3 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 4 cm (the shortest), 8.2 cm (the tallest)
Published: The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum, page 197, Budapest 2013 (the octagonal box, erroneously described as from Cambodia, Angkor period).
Literature comparison: A similar octagonal medicine box is in the National Museum of Cambodia, inventory number Ga.5733.