Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle barber's brush deeply incised Art Nouveau inspired

deeply incised Art Nouveau inspired decoration around its in neck and shoulders in shades of copper

and the way the birds are balancing at the very edges of the colorful columns upon which they perch

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

Okakura Kabuza discusses Zen and Taosim

sun shining above the ocean

Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle barber's brush deeply incised Art Nouveau inspiredThis 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