Bowl

Bowl

Public Domain

Bowl
CultureBurmese
Titles
  • Bowl
Date19th century
PlaceBurma
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/4 × 4 3/8 dia. in. (8.3 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2399
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[...]; (Description comes from the object provenance entry in the Sotheby's London sale 10-11-1991) Said to have been in the possession of the descendant of a timber merchant who worked in Bassein, on the coast of Myanmar at about the time of the First World War.; [...]; [Sotheby's London, October 11, 1991, Lot 694] [1][2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1991-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Sotheby's London, October 11, 1991, Lot 694.
[2]Glassell Inventory, described on 11/19/91.

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