Burmese Red Lacquer Betel Box - Ca 1910 Origin - Kizilayak 53 x 25 x 79

53 x 25 x 79 (wxdxh cms)

Reference: Similar Nepalese examples described as pot à lait (milk pot)

including circular geometric medallions and a central stylised foliate design

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Burmese Red Lacquer Betel Box - Ca 1910 Origin - Kizilayak 53 x 25 x 79This 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 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