A silver-gilt niello bowl Thailand, 19th Century


of deep rounded form, engraved and decorated in niello with a dense design of stylised floral sprays, bands of foliate motifs above and below, a roundel to base containing a leaping figure holding an axe amongst floral sprays, surrounded by four cartouches containing floral sprays within a band of vegetal motifs 20.7 cm. diameter, 416 g.