Headdress Piece
late 19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Fan-shaped, five-lobed along the top, and truncated at the bottom. The centre is composed of an openwork symmetrical flowering plant, bearing five flowers in red, blue and white glass amid foliation of lacquered metal. The outline is rendered in green glass. The back is plain.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Made of perforated iron, heavily decorated in the thayo (relief moulded) brown thit-si lacquer and glass inlay hman-zi shwei-cha technique. |
| Brief description | Fan-shaped side piece from a Burmese lacquered openwork metal and inlay glass headdress. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Ornamented with a red, blue and white flowering plants. ca. late 19th century. |
| Physical description | Fan-shaped, five-lobed along the top, and truncated at the bottom. The centre is composed of an openwork symmetrical flowering plant, bearing five flowers in red, blue and white glass amid foliation of lacquered metal. The outline is rendered in green glass. The back is plain. |
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| Credit line | Given by Major Sir Bartle C. Frere |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.123-1923 |
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| Record created | November 13, 2000 |
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