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ANTIQUE 20thC BURMESE REPOUSSÉ SOLID SILVER "JATAKA TALES" BOWL, MG. SHWE YON BROS c.1905
£4,595.00
Antique 20th Century Burmese (Myanmar) solid silver bowl in circular form, finely chased and repousséd with detailed scenes depicting a rare compilation of Jataka tales. Consisting of hundreds of stories about the previous lives of Siddhartha Gautama, the Jataka tales are one of the most popular forms of Buddhist literature, especially among Theravada laity.
Their entertaining plots typically involve Gautama Buddha recounting a story from one of his past lives as a human or an animal, demonstrating a particular virtue he gradually perfected on his spiritual progression towards Buddhahood.
Reference Number: DO11314