Thavibu Contemporary Art from Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar/Burma


Box with Gold Leaf

Provenance: Shan State, probably Laikha?

Period: Probably late 19th

Technique: Lacquered horse hair

Height: 16 cm, Diam: 21 cm

Private collection

Note: Probably box for holding cosmetics. Excellent executed with dynamic design.

Similarities with no. 131 in the book Visions from the Golden Land by R. Isaacs and R. Blurton