Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle barber's brush 6 3/8" across at lip

6 3/8" across at lip

Constant all the way around is a black design of triangles with lines through the centers

called kun-it

these terrific hand-thrown red glazed small serving bowls are contemporary

Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle barber's brush 6 3/8" across at lipThis is a lovely small Burmese lacquer box decorated with yun de incised decoration, painstakingly executed by hand, one color at a time. The design features what I believe are guardian lions ("chinthe"; the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box. The solid orange red lacquer handle at the center of the top makes this box particularly nice, with a circle of fine lines around