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(This stepped arrangement almost resembles the design of a traditional soup plate when viewed from above.)  So, in reality, the true pedestal is only very small.  This is a highly unusual feature which we have not seen in any silver bowl before.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvenance:- \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eUK antique trade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions:–\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHeight 7cms; Width 15cms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeight:-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e274 grammes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReferences:-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH Ling Roth,’ Oriental Silverwork Malay and Chinese’, Truslove \u0026amp; Hanson Ltd, London 1910\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaimy Che-Ross, Malay Silverware, Arts of Asia, Volume 42, Issue 1, January-February 2012, pages 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quality, suggesting it was made during the early nineteenth century.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silversmith has paid great attention to detail.  The wide repousse and chased foliate border below the rolled rim is particularly fine and features scrolling ferns or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eawan kalok paku\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epattern, the stylised foliage is sharply defined and set against a punched ground.  The panel is contained within fine rope borders to top and bottom.  The silver in the twenty-four panels below has been handled with the greatest delicacy; it has been gently fluted and fashioned so that each panel resembles the petal of a lotus flower and the borders are defined so that it appears separate from neighbouring petals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl is supported by a deep cylindrical plain silver pedestal foot which raises the bowl up from the surface it has been placed upon and serves to show off the floriform design to best effect; or so it appears.  When one actually looks inside the bowl, the central part of the bottom of the bowl steps down again to a lower level, with a well at the bottom sunken which extends part way down the inside of the ‘pedestal’. (This stepped arrangement almost resembles the design of a traditional soup plate when viewed from above.)  So, in reality, the true pedestal is only very small.  This is a highly unusual feature which we have not seen in any silver bowl before.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvenance:- \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eUK antique trade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions:–\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHeight 7cms; Width 15cms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeight:-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e274 grammes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReferences:-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH Ling Roth,’ Oriental Silverwork Malay and Chinese’, Truslove \u0026amp; Hanson Ltd, London 1910\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaimy Che-Ross, Malay Silverware, Arts of Asia, Volume 42, Issue 1, January-February 2012, pages 68-83\u003c\/p\u003e"}