4 Trays (Unrelated)
before 1880 (made)
Place of origin |
4 shallow circular trays with red interiors.
Red lacquer background with engraved designs highlighted in black and yellow.
Red lacquer background with engraved designs highlighted in black and yellow.
Object details
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Object type | |
Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Fine woven bamboo covered in thitsi lacquer and engraved in the Pagan yun engraving technique |
Brief description | 4 Burmese unrelated shallow bamboo and yun incised red lacquer circular trays. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Decorated in gold and black with mythical creatures against vegetal or architectual backgrounds. ca. before 1880 |
Physical description | 4 shallow circular trays with red interiors. Red lacquer background with engraved designs highlighted in black and yellow. |
Style | |
Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Case 36- continued.] '01,338. TRAYS. Bamboo and lacquer, two, painted; Burmah.' (No slip number given.) |
Production | Attribution note: The 4 trays would seem unrelated - their designs and measurements do not seem parts of a whole. They have probably at sometime been separated from their boxes to which they would have formed the inner trays. |
Collection | |
Accession number | 01338A/(IS) |
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Record created | October 16, 2000 |
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