Yet another Dha

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

I think it is not just over priced, more ridiculous. I work on a lot of silver objects and I am always puzzled at how sometimes only foil thin silver work, all be it quite pretty but basically very simple can send prices to dizzying heights. The repousse work on this is above average but is not anything that cannot be found on a lot of late 19th century silver jardinieres from Burma and other SE Asian countries. It looks as if the blade might clean up nicely. Tim

I own a very similar one, albeit about a century older. The silver on this is in fact quite thick, unlike what you usually see in dha.

Originally Posted by Rick

Puzzles me as to why Maung Po Thein is written in our alphabet and not in native script .

Ian got to this before me. The British conquered Burma in stages (in the course of the three "Anglo-Burmese Wars"), starting in 1825 with the conquest of the southern delta region, and completing it by 1868. They did keep local administrators in place, generally. At least at first.