Betel Box with Scenes from the Sama Jataka

Assembled Betel Box overall

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Betel Box with Scenes from the Sama Jataka
CultureBurmese, Lower Burma (Myanmar)
Titles
  • Betel Box with Scenes from the Sama Jataka
Date1909
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 19 5/8 × 13 1/8 diameter in. (49.8 × 33.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Friends of Asian Art, and Usha and Kumara Peddamatham
Object number2022.186.A-.E
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
106M Lovett Gallery
On view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Isan Gallery, Singapore, 2014]; purchased by David C. Owens’s Noble Collection, Singapore, 2014; sold [Bonhams, New York, March 22, 2022, (sale no. 27510, lot 329)]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.

Exhibition HistoryNA

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
A decorative medallion of two tropical birds in a fruit tree and an inscription on the concealed underside of both trays translated: "Myanmar Calendar Year 1271 [1909 CE]. Silver Container".


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