cup
- Museum number
- 1998,0723.98
- Description
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Cup (for water). Made of woven split bamboo, decorated in black lacquer with a yun design in pinkish-yellow of birds between floral sprays; on the base is a fish. The interior has a good covering of cinnabar red plain lacquer though there are some cracks on the base.
- Production date
- 1900-1950 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10 centimetres
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Height: 7.50 centimetres
- 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 except for a few circular cracks in the interior (bottom).
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by the donors for 250 kyats in March 1991 from Maung Aung Myint in the Myinkaba village of Pagan.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1998,0723.98
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Isaacs 98
