G768.1 SUSPENSION BRACKET FOR A BELL

BURMA

18TH -19TH CENTURY

H. 25.5 cms, 10 INS

A large and heavily cast suspension bracket for a temple bell, with a lotus knop, two suspension loops and a pair of lively winged cherub-like figures.

For an similar suspension bracket in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, please see cat. no. 11 in Forrest McGill (ed.), Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2009.

For a discussion of Burmese temple bells see pp.132-134 in S. Fraser-Lu, Burmese Crafts Past and Present, New York: O.U.P., 1994.

Provenance: Private UK collection.