Portable lime box
| Accession Nr.: | 978.1-2 |
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| Type: | object for daily use; metalwork |
| Date of production: |
before 1914
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| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | collection of Ferenc Hopp |
A portable lime box (sirih kapor) with a hanging tab consisting of two interconnected parts. Decorated in niello, a popular technique of the silversmithes of contemporary Siam, with its spectacular surface, showing floral motifs. The niello is a rather elaborate craft technique that was introduced to Thailand by the Portuguese or the Persians. It was mainly the aristocrats of the time who commissioned craftsmen to make niello objects.
