A Burmese silver three-piece tea service Burma (Myanmar), circa 1900 Comprising a teapot, cream jug and two-handled sugar bowl, ornate sculptural spherical forms, the whole intricately modelled in high and low relief, and further engraved, depicting scenes from Burmese folklore, featuring courtly figures in traditional dress, the central band of figures all beneath arched frames, its ornamentation is further inspired by the Burmese Ramayana dance-drama, as dancers in traditional attire, including the cast finial on the teapot, with hinged dome cover surmounted by a cast figure dancing, a cast mythical ogre arching its back to form the handle, with ivory insulators, with a cast mythological hintha dragon spout, further embellished with scroll and geometric bands, on an undulating bracket foot, the teapot with paw feet, the cream and sugar with claw and ball feet, underneath of each engraved with the initial 'L', also each with an engraved 'signature' to the underside, the teapot of a dotted scrolling flower head design, the others a stylised dragon or lion dog, height of teapot 18cm, weight 58oz, weight 1808gms. (3) Footnotes: From A Private collection of Indian and Burmese Colonial Silver Literature: Owens, D.C., Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom, Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2020. Please note that this lot contains ivory, export and shipping restrictions apply. The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). With non-transferable reference (MH7K681A) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing