TWO ENGRAVED MALAY BOWLS Malay Archipelago, late 19th
TWO ENGRAVED MALAY BOWLS
Malay Archipelago, late 19th - early 20th century
Comprising a low compressed globular bowl with a straight circular rim, resting on three globular feet, the body chiselled and engraved with a continuous leafy vegetal scroll framed within two bands of geometric motifs, the base marked with a stylised lotus flower, 24cm diam; and another bowl with ribbed rim, the body divided in ten cartouches filled with vegetal tendrils surrounding a diamond-shaped decorative element in the centre, 23.2cm diam.
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TWO ENGRAVED MALAY BOWLS
Malay Archipelago, late 19th - early 20th century
Comprising a low compressed globular bowl with a straight circular rim, resting on three globular feet, the body chiselled and engraved with a continuous leafy vegetal scroll framed within two bands of geometric motifs, the base marked with a stylised lotus flower, 24cm diam; and another bowl with ribbed rim, the body divided in ten cartouches filled with vegetal tendrils surrounding a diamond-shaped decorative element in the centre, 23.2cm diam.
