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handsome and highly individual antique Burmese silver cruet set decorated in repousse and chased techniques with cast elements.  The items comprise a pair of open pedestal salts with blue glass liners, each supported by the front legs of three cast\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etogether with a matching lidded baluster shaped pepper pot standing on lion paw feet with two\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e‘handles’ emanating from the waist of the pot, a feature borrowed from the Chinese archaic tradition.  The set is completed by two striking silver novelty condiment spoons; the handles of the spoons have been cast and are fish shaped; they terminate in jaunty divided fish tails with the open mouths of the fish at the lower ends of the handles appearing to hold the bowls of the spoons.  Under the Raj, Burmese silversmiths produced a range of 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Burmese silversmiths were expert at metal casting using the lost wax (\u003cem\u003ecire perdu\u003c\/em\u003e) technique which was used here to create the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eelements of the cruet and the fish handles of the spoons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis still, and has been since at least 500 AD, a revered symbol in Burma.  They appear on the royal thrones of Burma and large statues of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eguard the entrance to pagodas and temples such as the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon (\u003cem\u003eYangon\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is believed that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprotect wealth and bring good fortune.  When the military junta came to power in 1988, the chinthe was adopted as the military government’s symbol of state, replacing the peacock previously used by the monarchy.  Images of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappear on the state seal and are prominently featured on Burmese currency.  Predating the use of money in Burma, sets of cast brass weights in the form of mythical beasts were used to measure standard quantities, and some of these sets were made in the form of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003echinthe\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e         \u003c\/strong\u003eUK art market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e                          Height:   cms, Width:   cms     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeight:              \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e    grammes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReferences:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarry L. 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