Hi David,
Sorry to be another late comer to the thread.
Thought you might want to see another smaller example of Ashanti 'gold dust' vessels.
If you remember I came to these when I bought one a while back described laughably as 'war paint pot' or some hokum.
Anyhow, pretty soon afterwards I acquired this absolute stunner, so I decided to part with the first one.
Have a look at the colouring in the recesses of the patterning. It appears to have been some kind of crude enamelling or other coloured infill. There looks like there might have been black and green too in other areas (the black might just have been under the other colours), although it seems to have degraded to the point of disintigration.
The patina is lovely, and the detail much finer than usual. I'd guess the date to be into the 19thC, but thats a guess.
Gene
