Red Lacquer Burmese Betel Box - Ca 1920 Table the chest opens to a

the chest opens to a single large storage cavity accompanied by a candle box and a sturdy supporting chain that prevents the lid from overextending and straining the hinges

Condition: Worn and patinated from long use

usually to Shiva or Khandoba

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

This window is reclaimed teak and has traces of the original paintwork

Red Lacquer Burmese Betel Box - Ca 1920 Table the chest opens to aThis 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