Help with Sliver/Plated? Asian/Middle-Eastern? Chased Bowl

Okay, here's the latest mystery...
Bowl is 5-3/16" diameter x 2-1/2" tall.
The owner believes it is silver, but I think silver-plated brass, based on the tone of color, verdigris on the inside (although I suppose that could be from something else that was in the bowl), and it actually sounds like a thin brass bell when struck. (It doesn't belong to me, so I don't want to scratch it deep enough to find out.)
Owner thinks it is Asian, but I am leaning towards the Mid-East based on the look of the marks on the bottom, and maybe the design, too...
Neither of us has much expertise in THIS area, so - what say you?

 

@LoveTheHunt

Can you get a better and larger photo of the maker's marks bottom center,they may be Chinese.Don't need the whole bottom ,just dead center.

 

I think the script is Devanagari, a script used in most parts of south and southeast Asia in varying forms.
My guess is Burma (Myanmar). We need @AuDragon for this one, hope he'll be back soon.

 

Not sure if you were referencing Holly's comment - but I think she was asking for a closer up pic of the marks in the rectangular stamp/impression - quite hard to see in the pic as is :

 

@aaroncab

Thanks,they look like Chinese marks.

 

Yes, will have them up in a minute. Looking at it again reminded me of the less-obvious stamped marks there.

 

OK, here's a detail of the marks. Those stamped marks are rather indistinct and incomplete - can anyone get anything certain from them?

 

Still can't tell exactly what the marks are.The piece isn't real quality,the chasing is choppy and many areas were over/double stamped for some reason.

 

Would y'all agree this is NOT solid silver?

 

Too hard to say from photos,it looks like verdigris on the interior and could be silver/tin plated.

 

Thanx, that's what I am thinking.

 

Indian, I'd say. I've a few of these, they're usually Anglo Indian/Empire bits.

 

Is that a "good thing"? The owner thinks it is pretty valuable, but I'm dubious... As you have "a few of these" - how do you characterize the value?

 

The design of the chasing is good,but the execution of the chasing with all of the mistakes and double striking makes the piece look like it was made in a small back alley shop.

 

No idea. It might be something like a .700 grade silver or even .500; that would account for the verdigris. It can happen with lower grade pieces. I have a bracelet that tests positive for silver, but it had greenies in spots when I found it and it's not plated.

 

Verdigris can even appear on .835 silver.

My Anglo-Indian silver looks more 'silvery', different from the bowl you posted. It is mostly .900 - .950 silver and looks it. There has never been any verdigris, even if I got them in a very neglected state. Tarnish and grime, yes, verdigris, no.
And the chasing is deeper, like on my Anglo-Indian drinks measure:

 

Looks Thai to me - see these listings for similar:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Si...3:g:~mYAAOSwWMhacd9Y:rk:2:pf:1&frcectupt=true

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Si...f:g:zX4AAOSwTM5YuVfZ:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true


~Cheryl

 

That was another one of my guesses, which is why I thought we needed Audragon, who knows about Thai. Also about some neighbouring styles.
The central design, with those two wing-like things (Nagas?) looks from that general region, Burmese, Thai, Cambodian.
This specific Devanagari-related script is more rounded than Thai or Khmer (Cambodian), which is why I thought Burma. There are also different scripts for different minority languages, another thing Audragon or his partner would know. Chinese silversmiths were everywhere in that general area.

Thai script:


Burmese script:

 

Thai was the first to come to my mind, with Burma and Cambodia naturally coming to mind next...

~Cheryl

 

So we both had that general area in mind. I hope that helps any further research.