Little silver / silver metal dragon bowl

Picked this cutie up at my local op shop - described on 'label' as 'dragon bowl', which is correct. There are dragons. No marks. I haven't cleaned it up yet. Size: height 4.5 cm. ; width across top 9 cm. Reasonably weighty for size. Hope photos are okay. For some reason this system rejected my photo of the inside of the bowl but nothing special except duller than outside. All thoughts appreciated.

 

to me it seems the bowl was cast and then some extra work added to the design...
the base rim is fractured and pitted and poorly soldered , leaving me to be suspect of this items total quality........

but...that's just me...

 

Nice bowl. I suspect it is mainland Southeast Asian, which includes southern China. Could you show a picture of the foliage/scrollwork?

@kyratango , does the style look familiar to you?

 

Could you show a picture of the foliage/scrollwork?[/QUOTE]

Can do. Tomorrow.

 

Ouch!

 

OK....
The dragon is very nice, & I like the movement of the design.
I'm hoping u can find some hidden mark attesting to it's metal content !

umm.....better..?

 

Yeah, better

So am I but no luck so far. I'm hoping it's silver [as you do]. It's probably tiny and cleverly inserted as part of the design and one has to be an expert or eagle-eyed to find it.

 

At Any Jewelry's request, I have taken a couple more photos of this bowl, hopefully showing more detail.

 

Can't say without the foliage pics
If relatively "weighty" in hand, I suspect Komokwa is right about a cast and engraved piece, except if the inside shows repoussé work...

 

Which is why it’s important to show a pic of the inside.

 

Finally got photo of interior to co-operate.