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Description: | Burma
Cup made of thin basketry covered with layers of lacquer with incised decorations (yun). It has mainly red decoration on the outer surface, with some green and yellow, depicting narrative scenes with a room and a garden, both with figures. There is some text on the side, probably saying 'Good Health' or 'Best of Luck'. The base has a figure of a man on it. The inside is lacquered in black.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 22.12.66/69 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | plant fibre cups (food service) lacquer plant fiber Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-68466 | Go to resource |
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