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Cinnabar Lacquer 19th Century Burmese Basketry Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 834732 (stock# 10-62)
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A fine, tight weave of thin reeds gives texture to the cinnabar and black lacquer finish of this mid-19th century Burmese bowl. The textural quality is heightened by the wearing of top layers of cinnabar lacquer revealing black lacquer underneath for a handsome negoro effect. Resting on four low feet, the bowl, or “kwet,” flares out to a wide point about three-quarters up its height, and then gently angles in toward its crisp upper edge. The inner surface is smoothed with many coats of lacque ...click for details

Black Lacquer Box with Incised Yun Design Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1920 item# 815705 (stock# 12-44)
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A small lacquer box incised with the Burmese “yun” technique has an unusual lid design of a scarf encircled with foliage. Using the yun method, the pattern is accomplished by cutting through top layers of lacquer to reveal one or more differently colored lacquer layers underneath. In this case, just black and light red lacquers were used, producing a container with a simplicity that sets it apart from the multi-colored intricate yun work seen on the larger cylindrical betel boxes from Burma. Thi ...click for details

Lacquered Carved Teak Swan Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1920 item# 793826 (stock# 11-09)
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Beautiful detailing on this whimsical carved and lacquered box transform a pickled tea container into a wonderful piece of folk art. From early 20th century Burma, the container is carved so the long, graceful neck of the swan serves as the handle for the lid of the box. Underneath the swan is a tortoise, symbol of the universe in Buddhist iconography. A fish hanging from the swan's bill may have been included as a symbolic hope for abundance. Extensive detailing on the swan's head, neck ...click for details

Small Dot Pattern Lacquer Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1910 item# 780643 (stock# 12-42)
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Tiny yellow dots incised freehand into a black lacquer background cover this small early 20th Burmese box. The design, produced with a time-consuming technique called "yun," is one of the more subtle traditional yun patterns developed by Burmese lacquer artisans. Yun involves the use of a stylus to engrave designs, one color at a time, on a lacquer surface. The yellow, red and green patterns on this box required three separate sessions of engraving with the stylus, rubbing the color in ...click for details

Lacquered Split Bamboo Basketry Offering Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 775972 (stock# 13-01)
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An understated and handsome hsun-ok, a covered vessel for the presentation of food offerings to Buddhist monasteries in Burma, shows tightly woven basketry through dark red lacquer. This hsun-ok is in three parts--a bowl, topped with a deep fitted tray, which is covered with a lid. Such vessels held offerings of jaggery in the top tray and rice in the bowl. The appeal of this late 19th century piece is in its simple shape and natural design, with its basketry pattern showing prominently through ...click for details

Lacquer Box With Astrological Signs Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1920 item# 773997 (stock# 12-41)
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Astrological symbols for days and months encircle this early 20th century Burmese lacquer box. On the top of the lid are eight symbols used by the Burmese people to represent the days of the week, with two signs for Wednesday--an elephant with tusks for the a.m., a tuskless elephant for the p.m. A peacock, emblem of the Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885) and symbol of the sun, centers the lid. Around the perimeter of the container are 12 lively representations of Burmese zodiac signs: sea creature f ...click for details

Pagan Lacquer Spired Hsun-ok Offering Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1910 item# 765479 (stock# 13-02)
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From the Pagan region in Burma where much of the country's fine lacquerware was produced, this late 19th/early 20th century hsun-ok is a graceful example of the classic Pagan spired offering bowl. Various types of offering vessels--some with spires, some with low, stacked bowls, some with ornately carved trays--all within a broad classification called "hsun-ok," were made in Burma and used to take offerings of food to monasteries. Subtle variations in shape and ornamentation identi ...click for details

Cinnabar Lacquer Five-Piece Offering Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1910 item# 758523 (stock# 10-38)
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Offerings of food were taken to a Buddhist monastery or temple in the five compartments of this cinnabar lacquer offering bowl. Called an "ok-kwet," meaning "wide bowl" in Burmese, it is one of several designs of "hsun-ok," the vessels used by families in Burma to transport and display their offerings. This ok-kwet was formed with thin tightly woven bamboo strips, then lacquered inside and out, beginning with natural black lacquer and finishing with lacquer to whic ...click for details

Shan Lacquer Over Teak Ceremonial Offering Stand Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 755920 (stock# 63-36)
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Displayed in a Buddhist monastery or temple, this large footed tray held tall offerings of fruit brought by Shan villagers. The mid to late 19th century stand originated in Upper Burma toward the border with Thailand where many communities of Shan minority people are centered. It is made of a combination of dense teak wood and tightly wrapped strips of bamboo covered with multiple layers of black and cinnabar lacquer. Such old ceremonial items from Shan villages, where life centers around Buddhi ...click for details

Shan 19th Century Hsun-ok Ceremonial Offering Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 696717 (stock# 63-03)
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A very fine 19th century lacquer offering bowl, or hsun-ok, from the Shan people in Burma has a tall gilded spire marking it for use only on special ceremonial occasions. Shan hsun-ok for daily use were wider with a lower spire and no gilding. Cinnabar-colored lacquerware from the Shan states in the eastern part of Burma is known for the depth and warmth of the red hue, and this piece showcases that. Because they were made for the meritorious act of presenting offerings to the monasteries, hsun- ...click for details

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