Description TWO CHAM SILVER REPOUSSé MEDICINE BOXES
Champa, 10th-12th century or later. One box shaped as a cup with fine geometric decorations, the other box with similar decorations with fine incision work and the cover with spikes as you would find them on a tropical fruit, all skillfully executed in repoussé. The larger box with an old inscription in old Cham characters to the flat circular base.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, with traces of age and wear, some verdigris, and soil encrustations. The cover of the smaller box is lost.
Weight: 206.6 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 9.5 cm and 6.5 cm