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Such a beauty, Peter. A lovely shot, too, with the wooden background! Betty
Beautiful. Details are much brighter and more attractive with the good gilt. Congratulations Peter.
This is typically Straits Chinese: see the two following books for reference: *Straits Chinese Silver: A Collector's Guide", by HoWing Meng (e.g. p. 63, which shows an almost identical example), and (though a lesser book) *Gold Jewelry and Ornaments of Malaysia* (by Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur).