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TRIBAL SILVER AMULET RING – BURMA (SHAN / TAI YAI)
TRIBAL SILVER AMULET RING – BURMA (SHAN / TAI YAI)
HANDMADE CAST AND ENGRAVED SILVER RING FEATURING AN INCISED IMAGE OF A SEATTING GODDESS OR NUT (PROTECTIVE SPIRIT) WITH A DEVOTEE . THIS SACRED SCENE—SYMBOLIZING DIVINE PROTECTION, FERTILITY, OR COSMIC CONNECTION—WAS ENGRAVED AFTER CASTING, A PRACTICE TYPICAL OF RURAL SILVERSMITHS FROM NORTHERN BURMA AND THE THAI-BURMESE BORDER REGIONS. LIKELY CRAFTED BY SHAN OR TAI YAI ARTISANS BETWEEN THE LATE 19TH AND MID-20TH CENTURY (CIRCA 1890–1950). SUCH RINGS WERE WORN AS SPIRITUAL OR RITUAL AMULETS, PRIZED FOR THEIR PROTECTIVE SYMBOLISM.
• ORIGIN: SHAN / TAI YAI, BURMA OR NORTHERN THAILAND
• MATERIAL: HIGH-SILVER TRIBAL ALLOY
• TECHNIQUE: SAND-CAST BASE WITH HAND ENGRAVING AND PUNCHWORK
• MOTIF: GODDESS OR NUT WITH DEVOTEE (SPIRITUAL/PROTECTIVE SYMBOLISM)
• SIZE: 16 MM INNER DIAMETER (APPROX. US SIZE 5.5)
• WEIGHT: 4.76 GRAMS
• FUNCTION: RITUAL OR PROTECTIVE AMULET RING
REFERENCE FOR OLDER EXAMPLES:
THE JEWELRY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA - Page: 25 - Image#: 36 - ANNE RICHTER - THAMES & HUDSON