box
- Museum number
- 1998,0613.4
- Description
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Box, 'thitta'. The top face of the lid is decorated with an elephant and two human figures in front of a palace wall. Further elephant scenes are depicted around the sides of the box while on the base is a striding feline (perhaps a leopard) looking back over its shoulder. The vivid depiction of the prowling feline on the base of this box marks it out as the work of a considerable artist. It is executed in the 'yun' technique in red, yellow and black. The brillaint red lacquer interior is of the high quality 'pigeon-blood' variety.
- Production date
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19thC(late)-20thC(early)
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1900-1950 (According to Isaacs & Blurton 2000.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.30 centimetres
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Width: 23 centimetres
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Depth: 20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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See curator's comment for BM 1998.0613.1.
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Isaacs and Blurton 2000:
This box is an indicator of the type of container acquired by Chettiar families to bring back to India from Burma.
- 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.'
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Bought in Bombay and thus probably commissioned originally by a Chettiar family who then brought it back to Tamil Nadu and have subsequently disposed of it.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0613.4
