Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box flirtation cards I love this one for

I love this one for feeling a bit like a play on a target (perhaps a nod to Jasper Johns

There is staining to the inside of the cup and crazing on the underside

My favorite thing about it

but no losses and not at all fragile

mounted to new matching cream mat with archival tape): 7 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box flirtation cards I love this one forThis is a Burmese yun it lacquerware box, and an old one, c. late 19th century. I believe it was likely made as a small, personal betel box (kun it); like betel boxes, the top of the box slides down over the lower half like a tight sleeve. But perhaps a spice box. I've always got an eye out for a lovely old piece of Burmese lacquerware, called yun de immediately recognizable by their color and manner of decoration. And I think the decoration on the