betel-box
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.133
- Description
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Lacquered, woven split bamboo betel box in black, red, green, and yellow with two internal trays produced by Hsaya Ban and decorated with peacocks in the yun (incised) technique. Inscribed.
- Production date
- 1920s
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 15.80 centimetres
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Height: 15.40 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This box has interesting inscriptions commissioned by donors who gave it to a monastery. They were a man enjoying the title of 'Donor of a monastery' and his wife who had planted a sacred tree and had a well built.
- 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
- Acquired by the donors from U Ba Nyein at Pagan in December 1991 for 1,700 kyats.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.133
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 135
