Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box hand-formed bowl with face What really sold me on

What really sold me on this pair was the profile expression and posture of the woman

Provocation

and romantic

I'm not entirely sure if they were a combined set to begin with or came together at some later point

I think likely original to its creation

Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box hand-formed bowl with face What really sold me onThis 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