A GLAZED POTTERY SHRINE OR ORNAMENT, BURMA, EARLY 20TH...
A GLAZED POTTERY SHRINE OR ORNAMENT, BURMA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY - honey glazed slip decorated red earthenware,
depicting two devotees flanking an altar, on an elaborate raised plinth, a scrolling openwork finial at the back - 39cm high - Provenance: Private Collection, London, acquired about 60 years ago. Although Burma is better known for other crafts, such as wood and stone sculpture, lacquer, metalwork and painting, glazed pottery figural tilework was produced in Pegu in 15th century an example of which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS 2 1966) as well as a later example thought to date from the early 19th (04160A IS). This lot was probably produced during the late colonial period for the British market.
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A GLAZED POTTERY SHRINE OR ORNAMENT, BURMA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY - honey glazed slip decorated red earthenware,
depicting two devotees flanking an altar, on an elaborate raised plinth, a scrolling openwork finial at the back - 39cm high - Provenance: Private Collection, London, acquired about 60 years ago. Although Burma is better known for other crafts, such as wood and stone sculpture, lacquer, metalwork and painting, glazed pottery figural tilework was produced in Pegu in 15th century an example of which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS 2 1966) as well as a later example thought to date from the early 19th (04160A IS). This lot was probably produced during the late colonial period for the British market.
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