Peranakan Silver Spittoon Publication date: 2015

Publication date: 2015

Beautiful statues of dancers

Jacket has very light general wear plus minor age-toning to inside

25 x 32 cm

the people who settled the islands of Southeast Asia had developed a philosophy for existence in a highly unpredictable world

Peranakan Silver Spittoon Publication date: 2015This early 20th century silver spittoon was made in Java, likely by a Chinese silversmith for a Peranakan client. It was used in the context of betel nut chewing, a common social and cultural practice in the region at the time. The spittoon has a compressed globular base and a wide, flared, scalloped rim. Its surface is decorated with alternating panelssome plain, others chased with floral, bird, and foliate motifs. The rim is engraved with a petal