Burmese Black Lacquered Betel Box - Ca 1920 Plates This statue brings calm and

This statue brings calm and peace to a home

it can be repurposed as jewellery storage

Best used with tea lights

Year of the Dragon and the craftsmen were paid on 23rd of the same month in the woodworkers workshop

Burmese Black Lacquered Betel Box - Ca 1920 Plates This statue brings calm andThis is an excellent example of a Burmese lacquer. These boxes were multifunctional and used both as tiffin boxes and betel boxes (kun it). This Burmese lacquer box is typical of the style and has a base black red colour and is decorated with finely etched animals around the center. Tiffin boxes were used in the old days as lunch boxes or for packaging up small snacks which the colonials called tiffin. Betel boxes were used for holding betel leaves