Burmese Gilt Wood Spirit Figure, 19th/20th Century

A Burmese gilt wood spirit figure, with an inscription around…
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A Burmese gilt wood spirit figure, with an inscription around the front of the oval cushion shaped plinth, 19th/20th century, in the posture of 'Royal ease', a beautiful young face inlaid with half closed glass eyes below a monobrow, a stepped crown with a flamed finial, wearing a scalloped collar and tight fitted trousers, height 59 cm, length 41 cm. Provenance: The Barry Smith collection

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  • Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.

    Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
  • Giltwood - Giltwood is used to describe a gold finish on furniture and other decorative wooden items, whereby a thin sheet of gold metal, called gold leaf, is applied to the surface for decorative purposes.

    Unlike gilding, where the gold leaf is applied over a coating of gesso, with giltwood the gold leaf is applied direct to the surface, or over a coat of linseed oil gold leaf adhesive.

    Most gold-finished mirrors will be gilded, whereas furniture with gold highlights will have the gold applied through the giltwood method.

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