Lime box - Silver - Couple de cailles - Cambodia - Mid-20th century

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Original Cambodian silver lime box titled Lime box, dating to the mid-20th century, in good condition, with a height of 4.9 cm, length 5.9 cm and width 5.2 cm, provenance Collection privée, artist Couple de cailles.

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DESCRIPTION

Large Cambodian lime pot in finely worked silver. It depicts a pair of quails, which, in Cambodia, symbolize fidelity, devotion, and marital harmony. Because of their nesting behavior and their tendency to stay paired, they are seen as a model of a strong partnership.

Very beautiful goldsmithing work.

It served as a container for slaked lime, which, mixed with areca nut and spices and wrapped in a betel leaf, was chewed to produce a euphoric effect. This practice persists in Burma (Myanmar).

4.9 cm in height, 5.8 cm in length, 5.2 cm in width, 57 g.

Around the middle of the 20th century.

State

In good condition, it bears the signs of its age, with internal corrosion. (see photos).

It will be carefully packaged, with traceable shipping.

DESCRIPTION

Large Cambodian lime pot in finely worked silver. It depicts a pair of quails, which, in Cambodia, symbolize fidelity, devotion, and marital harmony. Because of their nesting behavior and their tendency to stay paired, they are seen as a model of a strong partnership.

Very beautiful goldsmithing work.

It served as a container for slaked lime, which, mixed with areca nut and spices and wrapped in a betel leaf, was chewed to produce a euphoric effect. This practice persists in Burma (Myanmar).

4.9 cm in height, 5.8 cm in length, 5.2 cm in width, 57 g.

Around the middle of the 20th century.

State

In good condition, it bears the signs of its age, with internal corrosion. (see photos).

It will be carefully packaged, with traceable shipping.

Details

Dynastic Style/Period
Mid-20th century
Artist
Couple de cailles
Country of Origin
Cambodia
Attribution
Original
Material
Silver
Height
4.9 cm
Width
5.9 cm
Title of artwork
Lime box
Depth
5.2 cm
Condition
Good condition
Provenance
Private collection
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