Signed Antique Solid Silver Shan Betel Nut Lime Box Burmese Indian Repousse Art
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:19903570 | Product: Boxes |
| Pattern: Repousse | Style: Burmese |
| Composition: Solid Silver | Age: 1850-1899 |
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Silver Betel Nut or Spice BoxShan People, North-Western Thailand or BurmaC 1880 - 1910Signed to the base, some scratches to the base where it was acid tested.
Height: 5.04cmDiameter: 7.3cmWeight: 61.7g
This repousse silver betel b...ox comprises a bowl and a cover.The top is filled with tight curls/knots, not unlike the curls that adorn the heads of some Buddha images, arrayed in circles around a central finial.The base is signed.Such a box was used to hold the components of the betel quid; betel being a mild social stimulant that was chewed.Similar boxes are illustrated in Lewis & Lewis (1984, p. 66).ReferencesLewis, P. & E. Lewis, Peoples of the Golden Triangle: Six Tribes in Thailand, Thames & Hudson, 1984.Provenance: UK private collection
No quibbles returns policy
Silver Betel Nut or Spice BoxShan People, North-Western Thailand or BurmaC 1880 - 1910Signed to the base, some scratches to the base where it was acid tested.
Height: 5.04cmDiameter: 7.3cmWeight: 61.7g
This repousse silver betel b...ox comprises a bowl and a cover.The top is filled with tight curls/knots, not unlike the curls that adorn the heads of some Buddha images, arrayed in circles around a central finial.The base is signed.Such a box was used to hold the components of the betel quid; betel being a mild social stimulant that was chewed.Similar boxes are illustrated in Lewis & Lewis (1984, p. 66).ReferencesLewis, P. & E. Lewis, Peoples of the Golden Triangle: Six Tribes in Thailand, Thames & Hudson, 1984.Provenance: UK private collection
