LOT 225 A BURMESE RED AND BLACK LACQUER 'ELEPHANT' BOX AND COVER OFF...
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A BURMESE RED AND BLACK LACQUER 'ELEPHANT' BOX AND COVERSaya Khin Workshop, Pagan, 19th/20th CenturyOf rectangular thitta form and decorated using the yun technique in red, yellow and black, the cover depicting an elephant and a human figure amongst trees, enclosed by a border of leafy stems issuing flowerheads and two panels bearing the inscription 'from the workshop of Saya Khin, Bazaar Quarter, Pagan' in Burmese, the sides decorated with prowling animals amongst shrubbery, the base with a large striding chinthe accompanied by a signature,17.4cm wide, 6.5cm high(2)THIS LOT IS OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE無底價-PROVENANCE: Previously in the collection of a British missionary family residing in Burma in the 1920s-30s;Collection of Prospect Burma, UK.-c.f. A related box is housed in the British Museum collection, acc. no. 1998,0613.4.-
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