Red Lacquer Burmese Betel Box - Ca 1920 Table This old Indian carved teak

This old Indian carved teak votive panel from Andhra Pradesh is over 100 years old dating to the end of the 19th century

The bone inlay is laid in a Mughal jali design with hints of Arabic & Moorish themes

these sturdy doors are topped with beautiful

5 x 3 x 134 (wxdxh cms)

Red Lacquer Burmese Betel Box - Ca 1920 Table This old Indian carved teakThis Burmese lacquer betel box is called a kun it. These boxes were multifunctional and used both as tiffin boxes and betel boxes. This Burmese lacquer box is typical of the style and has a base orange red colour and is decorated with finely etched lines and dots. 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 and other ingredients