Title
Bowl
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Riau Archipelago
Material
Dimension
Object size: 3.6 x 6.6 x 6.6 cm
Accession No.
2007-00893
Collection of
This bowl features finely worked designs done in repousse and engraving. Repousse involves raising designs upon a thin sheet of metal by hammering from the back while engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. While objects such as the bowl are not unusual, it is extraordinarily rare to find them in solid gold.
