bowl
- Museum number
- 1859,1228.140
- Description
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Bowl. 8 main figures in low relief. Cast and soldered bronze. The base is soldered to the bowl. Small protuberance near the upper edge. It looks as if it might have been a spout, but has been filled in.
- Production date
- 14thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5 inches
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Height: 9.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register says:
Bronze bowl resembling Nos. 139, but with one row of figures only. No zodiacal signs, nor date. The figures represent a hen with chicken, a sower, a cow, a man climbing a palm tree, a house, a carpenter & two women.
Raffles Collection
Figured Raffles’ Java Pl.79
Presented by the Executor of lady Raffles.
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Joe Cribb, "Raffles' Magic Coins' (1999), p. 55, fig. 28, caption reads "Fig. 28. East Javanese bronze zodiac beakers collected by Raffles. One example (below left) is dated 1251 in the Shaka era (AD 1329). BM OA 1859.12-28.139 (left), 138 (centre) and 140 (right), Raffles Collection." The photograph shows three zodiac beakers.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1859,1228.140
