cigarette-case
- Museum number
- 1995,1005.2
- Description
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Cigarette case made up of two interlocking parts, of cotton impregnated with lacquer, and then decorated all over in the yun technique in orange, yellow and green on a black ground. Each of the four main faces bears a figure - three of them appear to be young women smoking cheroots, while the fourth seems to depict a man, with a ?yoke over his shoulders.
- Production date
- 1920s
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.50 centimetres
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Width: 7.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2000 Apr - 2000 Aug, BM, 'Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer.'
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Acquisition notes
- Purchase by the donor from Henry Brownrigg in London.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1995,1005.2
