A LARGE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN PAINTED LACQUER PAPIER-MACHE PUMPKIN STORAGE BOX

A LARGE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN PAINTED LACQUER PAPIER-MACHE PUMPKIN STORAGE BOX

BURMA, 19TH CENTURY

with an applied metal cartouche, the twisting stem handle is carved and lacquered wood, now fixed, the interior fitted with a tray decorated with stylised watery landscapes, together with a smaller example (2)

44cm high, 43cm diameter

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

For a similar example see Christie's, West-East: The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 22nd May 2008, lot 141 which fetched £4,000 (including premium).See also R. Isaacs and T. R. Blurton, Burma and the Art of Lacquer, p.225. A similar example is in the British Museum,

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.