betel-box;
betel equipment
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.196
- Description
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Betel box of lacquered, woven split bamboo decorated in the 'yun' (incised) technique in pink and yellow on black. The 'Pagan Age' or 'bagan kit' pattern derives from the stucco swags which survive on the exterior walls and doorways of the eleventh- to thirteenth-century temples at Pagan. The quality of the lacquer is rather thick and heavy. There are two internal trays, and the piece is inscribed.
- Production date
- 1963
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 12.70 centimetres
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Height: 11.80 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.'
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by the donors from U Maung Maung at Pagan in December 1992 for 1,500 kyat.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.196
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 200
