bucket
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.267
- Description
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An Intha rice bucket made of lacquered, woven, bamboo basketry (plaited basketry) with brass handles on a square foot of wood. The decoration consists of red-lacquered relief shapes made of thayo (lacquer putty), notched, bare yellow bamboo bands, and applied, diamond-shaped bamboo pieces.
- Production date
- 20thC (early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 26.50 centimetres (maximum)
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Height: 22.10 centimetres
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Width: 17 centimetres (by 17.3; the foot)
- 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 Aung Than in Ywama, Inle Lake.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.267
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 271