Beautiful Antique Burmese Lacquer Betel Box with Interior Tray baby crying Earlyish 20th century Italian I

Earlyish 20th century Italian I believe

All of this adds up to just the sort of thing one might feel quite compelled to recreate at tabletop scale

Below the top eye holes are a second pair of cutouts backed by hide pockets

and think it would be great filled with anything from a narcissus to an orchid to something leafy green

The graphics of the faces I think are just terrific

Beautiful Antique Burmese Lacquer Betel Box with Interior Tray baby crying Earlyish 20th century Italian II am a huge fan of Burmese lacquerware betel boxes, but it has been a long time since I found an old one in nice condition until spotting this one on a quick twirl through the Hudson River Valley this past week. I find this cinnabar color to be perhaps the most beautiful color in existence, and while some Burmese "yun" lacquer features elaborate incised figural imagery, I'm partial to the matte surface and overall patterning on one like this.