A
fah baat
or
alms bowl cover, elaborately inlaid
with
mother-of-pearl.
It shows the Emblem of State from the reign of King
Chulalong-korn,
who donated a similar copy to the United States of America,
as part of over 900 objects for the Siam
Exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia.
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