Bowl
ca. 1920 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Brunei silversmiths won numerous awards at exhibitions in Malaysia and Singapore. They traditionally lived with weavers and metalworkers at Kampong Sungai Kedayan, a water village near the palace. By the 1920s, their main customers were no longer the local nobility but foreign visitors and administrators. The poem on this bowl translates as: 'When in Labuan rice grows in streams, the swamps are full of sweet basil. If you would deign to buy this, I would be most thankful. Haji Muhammad Yusuf, son of Haji Muhammad Daud, goldsmith, Sungai Kedayan, Brunei.'
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, chased |
| Brief description | Bowl (batil), silver with chased vegetal motif and a poem (pantun) in Jawi script around edge, Brunei, ca. 1920 |
| Physical description | Bowl (batil) of silver, rounded sides with a hemispherical boss rising on the interior bottom, chased with vegetal motifs and a poem of Malay inscription in Jawi script around edge on the exterior. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Jika Labuan padi di kali / Di paya banyak sulasih
Jikalau tuan sudi membali / Saya banyak menerima kasih
Haji Muhammad Yusuf bin Haji Muhammad Daud, tukang mas, Sungai Kedayan, Brunei' (Fine Jawi inscription of a poem (pantun) and the maker's name, each line separated by a stamped 5-pointed star, engraved around edge on the exterior)
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| Summary | Brunei silversmiths won numerous awards at exhibitions in Malaysia and Singapore. They traditionally lived with weavers and metalworkers at Kampong Sungai Kedayan, a water village near the palace. By the 1920s, their main customers were no longer the local nobility but foreign visitors and administrators. The poem on this bowl translates as: 'When in Labuan rice grows in streams, the swamps are full of sweet basil. If you would deign to buy this, I would be most thankful. Haji Muhammad Yusuf, son of Haji Muhammad Daud, goldsmith, Sungai Kedayan, Brunei.' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.141-2012 |
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| Record created | January 9, 2013 |
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