cup
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.105
- Description
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Drinking cup made of woven split bamboo, and lacquer. The interior is covered in plain red cinnabar lacquer, while the exterior is decorated in a frame pattern, in the yun technique in what is probably a version of gwin-shet, with the frames inhabited by the 8 Days of the Week in red, yellow/green and marroon lacquer. Two panels of inscription appear at the lip of the cup (currently untranslated). On the base is a displaying bird (?peacock).
- Production date
- 20thC (mid)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 11 centimetres
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Height: 8 centimetres (max (lip is broken))
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The rim is uneven and chipped.
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Bought by Mr. Isaacs from U Myo Nyunt. He is described in Isaacs unpublished as, 'ex-Pagan'.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.105
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 105
