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TWO chAM sIlVeR RePOussÉ
MedIcINe bOXes
Champa, 10th-12th century or later. One box shaped
as a cup with fine geometric decorations, the other
box with similar decorations with fine incision work
and the cover with spikes as you would find them
on a tropical fruit, all skillfully executed in repoussé.
The larger box with an old inscription in old Cham
characters to the flat circular base.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István
Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art
collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.
condition: Good condition commensurate with age,
with traces of age and wear, some verdigris, and soil
encrustations. The cover of the smaller box is lost.
Weight: 206.6 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 9.5 cm and 6.5 cm
estimate euR 800
Starting price EUr 400

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A chAM sIlVeR RePOussÉ ‘TROPIcAl FRuIT’
MedIcINe bOX ANd cOVeR

Champa, 10th-14th century. Shaped as a tropical fruit with many spikes all
around as well as scrolling waves and other geometric patterns, all executed in
fine repoussé with good incision work.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum.
Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Collector’s label
to base.
condition: Very good condition with minor traces of age and wear, with little
verdigris and copper-red patina to the interior.
Weight: 165.0 g
Dimensions: Height 11 cm
estimate euR 1,000
Starting price EUr 500

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A RARe chAM sIlVeR RePOussÉ ‘TROPIcAl FRuIT’
MedIcINe bOX ANd cOVeR WITh Old INscRIPTION
Champa, 10th-14th century. Shaped as a tropical fruit with many spikes all
around as well as scrolling waves and other geometric patterns, all executed
in fine repoussé with good incision work, with an old inscription incised in old
Cham characters to the slightly recessed circular base.

Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum.
Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Collector’s label
to base.
condition: Very good condition with minor traces of age and wear, with some
verdigris to the interior.
Weight: 176.1 g
Dimensions: Height 10 cm

estimate euR 1,000
Starting price EUr 500

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