betel-box;
betel equipment
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.143
- Description
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Small betel box of woven split bamboo decorated in the shwe zawa gold leaf technique and containing one internal tray. Externally decorated with chinthe within lobed medallions (bilu-gwin space cell) separated by scroll work. Around the base are stylised lotus petals. It has a tortoise on the base, which is the mark of the workshop. This is one of five betel boxes commissioned by the donor.
- Production date
- 1991 (about)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 7.70 centimetres
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Height: 8.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The donor recorded of items 143 to 147: "My purpose in ordering these particular designs in identical sizes was to display the 'state of the art' in a highly reputed workshop. The chief master designer, Saya Win, is keen to revive old traditional designs as well as to promote his house speciality the 'Pagan Age' design (nos 144, 148). This set of five Bbs [betel boxes] shows some excellent workmanship, in the Pagan Age pattern and in the planets/animals of the Gyo-shit-lon (145). But the interior with one crude black tray betrays cursory standards and commercial pressure. The exterior finish is inconsistent, and the colour range with its brownish-pink and wishy-washy green downgrades the overall quality."
- 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
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by the donors from Royal Golden Tortoise Workshop, Pagan New Town in January 1992 for 500 kyats.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.143
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 146
