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Gold Lacquer Offering Stand Burmese Shwei-zawa browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Southeast Asian: Pre 1910: item # 672604 Please refer to our stock # 63-35 when inquiring.
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| Gold leaf over black lacquer on this dome-covered offering stand from Burma provides a stunning canvas for swirling designs of foliage and flowers. Deva figures, Buddhist celestials, or "angels," occupy four space cells (bilu-gwin) on the cone-shaped lid. The stand rests on three slender bird legs that extend from elegantly shaped aprons with more scrolling foliage. Ornamental stands such as this one, called daung-baung-kalat, were used for the presentation of offerings at monasteries. Generally they were made with more rounded lids and coated only with black lacquer; the gold leaf and cone-shaped lid on this one marked it for special ceremonial use. The gilding technique, called shwei-zawa, involves pressing very thin squares of gold leaf over an entire freshly lacquered surface that has been outlined with designs. The item is partially dried and then the excess gold leaf is washed and/or incised away to reveal the gold design against the lacquer background. The shwei-zawa process, introduced into Burma from Thailand during pre-colonial times, originally was used only for religious or royal objects. This late 19th/early 20th century stand is a fine example of the art and is in excellent condition. The inside surfaces of the stand and lid are lacquered in a brilliant orange/red, which added to the drama of removing the cover and presenting the offering. Dimensions: height 19" (49 cm), diameter 21" (53 cm). | |||||||||||||||
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