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RARE Antique Burmese Lacquerware Container

$ 18.48

Availability: 56 in stock
  • Primary Material: Wood
  • Type: lacquerware container
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Age: 19th century
  • Region of Origin: Burma

    Description

    RARE Antique Burmese Lacquerware Container
    This antique Burmese lacquerware container is of oval shape and has a detachable polished glass stopper as lid. The container is lacquered in red with fine horizontal black lines. The container shows signs of use. See photos for details.
    I obtained this lacquerware 1997 in an antique store in Myanmar and was told that such containers were used for storage of medicine.
    Size:
    12 cm high, 4 cm wide.
    Weight:
    44 g.
    Age:
    19
    th
    century, Burma.