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A SILVER OFFERING BOWL WITH SCENES FROM THE This finely worked Theh-Za-Tu-Neh-Ma offering bowl depicts a
JATAKA TALES popular compilation of five jatakas in Burmese silver. The hyphenated
BURMA (MYANMAR), DATED 1880 classification represents a mnemonic device assembling the first
An inscription on the underside of the base, translated: "1880. syllable of each jataka's name in Burmese. By their Sanskritic names
Completed sixth day of the first week of May". they are the Temiya, Narada, Sama, Nimi, and Mahajanaka jatakas.
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm) high; 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm) diameter; In these stories, the bodhisattva who will eventually be reborn as
24.3 troy oz (756 grams) approximate weight Siddhartha Gautama perfects the virtues of renunciation, equanimity,
loving-kindness, resolve, and vigor, respectively. The bowl displays
$8,000 - 12,000 crisp figural representations in the bands of repeated stags galloping
around the rim and kneeling near its foot. Scenes are set against a
backdrop of architecture and distant landscape, and also include
depictions of flying chariots and shipwrecks.
Published:
Owens, Burmese Silver Art, pp.139-43, no.S148, figs.4.28-32.

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