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Incised Lacquer Burmese Betel Box
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Pre 1900 item# 898500 (stock# 63-30)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$590
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A late 19th century lacquer betel box from Burma is incised in an intricate pattern called “yok-thei,” with tiny dancers swirling through vegetal scrolling. The small design, primarily red and green, is punctuated with black and green circles that look like launching pads for the flying stylized dancers. (For a betel box with a similar yok-thei pattern, see color plate # 41 in “Burmese Crafts Past and Present,” by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Oxford University Press, 1994.) Many inventive designs done wit ...click for details
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Shan Red Lacquer Byat Tray
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Pre 1910 item# 882005 (stock# 63-13)
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(203) 208-0771
$595
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This very large lacquer tray from the Shan minority people in northeast Burma has four different patterns of basketry weaving showing through the rich persimmon-colored lacquer. Called byat, such handmade trays, used for serving food, were time-consuming to produce. Following the weaving process, each of the many successive applications of lacquer required several days of drying, then burnishing before the next coat of lacquer was applied. Tin trays were replacing these handmade ones a number o ...click for details
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Red Lacquer Shan Kwet Bowl
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Pre 1920 item# 854196 (stock# 10-68)
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(203) 208-0771
$390
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This large lacquered early 20th century bowl from the Shan people, who live primarily in eastern parts of Burma and across the border in western and northern areas of Thailand, is called a “kwet” and was used to serve huge quantities of rice. It is made of split bamboo basketry supported by six sturdy ribs that curve down to end in six low feet. The basic bamboo construction is coated inside and out with layers of black lacquer overlaid with layers of red lacquer. The basketry shows through the ...click for details
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