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Presents an exceptional collection of rare Burmese silver.

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9781912168279

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"""Smartly produced. . . [Green] positions the silver firmly within the Burmese artistic tradition, one that absorbed foreign influences along the way.""-- ""Orientations"" ""Writhing over the surface of the 120 objects catalogued here--from bowls to belt buckles, scabbards to [centerpieces]--is a riot of abstract pattern and vegetation, mystic beasts and scenes from the Buddhist Jatakas. Fortunately, the erudite Alexandra Green, steeped in the narrative and art-historical currents of the region, is on hand to parse the torrent of symbolism.""-- ""World of Interiors"" ""[Green] strips away much of what has previously been written about this subject matter--which has focused on the who, when and where of Burmese silver production--and suggests the weakness of this approach given the lack of reliable information, demanding that readers reconsider the objects themselves, especially the patterns and recurring motifs that provide connections to both historic and contemporary historical trends. . . . Overall, this is a ground-breaking book.""-- ""Journal of the Siam Society"""

Writhing over the surface of the 120 objects catalogued here--from bowls to belt buckles, scabbards to [centerpieces]--is a riot of abstract pattern and vegetation, mystic beasts and scenes from the Buddhist Jatakas. Fortunately, the erudite Alexandra Green, steeped in the narrative and art-historical currents of the region, is on hand to parse the torrent of symbolism. -- World of Interiors

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Alexandra Green is a specialist in Southeast Asian art with a focus on Myanmar (Burma). In addition to numerous articles, she has published and edited several volumes on Burmese art, including Burma: Art and Archaeology (2002), Eclectic Collecting: Art from Burma in the Denison Museum (2008), and Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, a nd Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings (2018).

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