box
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.212
- Description
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Small cylindrical box, perhaps for thanaka, (there are remains of powder around the rim), or other cosmetic items; there are no trays. It is made of woven and coiled split bamboo and red, green and black lacquer. The interior has a coating of fine red cinnabar lacquer. On the exterior it is decorated in the yun technique with a simple form of the za-yun pattern, in black, the squares hatched with green (now very much darkened). On the base it is inscribed with the maker's name and engraved concentric circles in green on a black and red ground.
- Production date
- 1930s (circa; see Isaacs and Blurton, 2000, Appendix: lacquerware makers and workshops, p. 231.)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 7.10 centimetres
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Height: 7.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Signs of wear throughout and with small chip on lip.
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Bought by Mr. Isaacs from Ayub Khan in Maymyo Market.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.212
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 216
