Maung Kywet Ni
Ceremonial Offering Bowl with Scenes of Mahajataka Jataka

ArtistBurmese, Lower Burma (Myanmar)
CultureBurmese, Lower Burma (Myanmar)
Titles
  • Ceremonial Offering Bowl with Scenes of Mahajataka Jataka
Datec. 1880
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/16 × 3 9/16 diameter in. (8.4 × 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Friends of Asian Art, and Usha and Kumara Peddamatham
Object number2022.188
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
106M Lovett Gallery
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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Joseph Cohen Antiques, London, 2016]; purchased by David C. Owens’s Noble Collection, Singapore, 2016; sold [Bonhams, New York, March 22, 2022, (sale no. 27510, lot 325)]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In 'tamarind-seed script': A cup made by Maung Kywet Ni of Moulmein
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Catalogue raisonnéNA

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