betel-box
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.93
- Description
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Miniature betel box with two internal trays, made of coiled and woven split bamboo. Decorated with red and green lacquer - on the outside of both the lid and the drum this is done in the yun technique with the za-yun design. Good red colour to the lacquer of the interior of the smaller internal tray; the larger (lower) of the two internal trays has a brownish red lacquer interior - perhaps re-lacquered. The whole, slightly bumped.
- Production date
- 20thC (early)-20thC (mid)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 6.50 centimetres
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Height: 5.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Under this entry in the unpublished Isaacs catalogue, it says, '... and a tiny copper lime-box inside when purchased.' This did not come with the vessel at the time of the deposit of the gift.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Small chip on lid, otherwise good.
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Bought by Mr Isaacs from Ma Saw Mya, Ma Yadana Foodhouse, Pagan, in March 1991. See 1998. 7-23. 124 and 125.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.93
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 93
