Two boxes as wedding gift

Provenance: Probably Southern Shan State

Period: Probably early 20th Century

Technique: Lacquered bamboo with gold and lacquered horsetail hairs with gold

Height: 15 cm, Diam: 17 cm

Private collection

Note: A pair of boxes given as a wedding gift. One box is made from lacquered bamboo and the other is made from lacquered horsetail hairs. The bamboo box with two inner trays and the other with one inner tray. Unusual curved top and bottom.