ANTIQUES · ART · DESIGN · INDEPENDENT DEALERS
Proposer une pièce
One piece, one style, one desire
Proposer une pièce

Quelques photos suffisent.

THE COLLECTIONNouveautés
Furniture
Seating
ChairsArmchairsSofasStoolsOther seating
Tables
Dining tablesCoffee tablesDesksOther tables
Storage furniture
ConsolesWardrobesBookcasesOther storage
Lighting
Chandeliers
Pendant lights
Sconces
Lamps
Floor lamps
Decorative arts
Paintings
Other sculpture
Carved stone and wood
Bronzes
Drawings and works on paper
Watercolours
Prints
Photographs
Ceramics
Mirrors and trumeau mirrors
Other decorative arts
Jewellery
Militaria
Fashion
Clothing
Handbags
Shoes
Accessories
YOUR VISION, YOUR PROJECT
Our dealersMy favouritesPersonal guidanceSpecialized transportThe letterBecome a dealer
5 photosView 1 of 5
Description

Item details

Notice

Boîte à bétel de Birmanie, laque gravée rouge et noire

Rouge vermillon et noir profond alternent en bandes fines sur ce cylindre au couvercle emboîtant, rehaussés de filets jaunes et de touches gris-bleu. Au registre central, des personnages en mouvement se détachent entre des pavillons et des architectures ajourées, dessinés par un trait gravé d'une grande finesse ; au-dessus et au-dessous courent des frises de rinceaux, et la frise basse accueille une courte inscription. Le couvercle déroule son propre décor. Quelques éclats au bord et de petites usures rappellent que la boîte a servi.

En Birmanie, ces boîtes cylindriques, appelées kun-it, gardaient les ingrédients du bétel ou du thé mariné. La laque y est attestée à Bagan dès le début du XIIIe siècle. Le style yun consiste à graver la surface au stylet, puis à remplir les incisions de couleur, une teinte après l'autre, souvent quatre ou cinq ; l'âme est le plus souvent de bambou, parfois de bois. La fiche nomme le bois sans préciser la technique, et situe cette boîte vers 1920.

Époque
Vers 1920, selon la fiche
Matière
Bois gravé et laqué, classé bois peint par la fiche
Origine
Birmanie, selon la fiche
Dimensions
Diam. 22 × H. 21 cm, selon la fiche
État
En l'état, selon la fiche
Read in English

Vermilion red and deep black alternate in fine bands around this cylinder with its fitted cover, picked out with yellow lines and touches of blue-grey. In the central register, figures in motion stand out among pavilions and open architecture, drawn with an engraved line of great finesse; above and below run friezes of scrolling foliage, and the lower frieze holds a short inscription. The cover unrolls a decoration of its own. A few chips at the rim and small areas of wear show that the box has been used.

In Burma these cylindrical boxes, called kun-it, held the ingredients of betel or of pickled tea. Lacquer is attested at Bagan from the early thirteenth century. The yun style consists of engraving the surface with a stylus, then filling the incisions with colour, one shade after another, often four or five; the core is most often bamboo, sometimes wood. The listing names wood without specifying the technique, and places this box around 1920.

Sources and points to validate
  • Les boîtes cylindriques kun-it contenaient les ingrédients du bétel ou du thé mariné ; le style yun grave la laque au stylet et remplit les incisions de couleur, en quatre ou cinq teintes ; le support est du bambou, avec du crin de cheval ajouté à la fin du XIXe siècle ; la laque est attestée à Bagan dès le début du XIIIe siècle. https://artsofasia.com/highlights-of-the-lacquer-collection-from-myanmar-burma-in-the-victoria-and-albert-museum-2/
  • La production laquée birmane est attestée depuis au moins le XIe siècle selon un guide de collection ; les supports vont du bois au bambou tressé. https://www.hdasianart.com/blogs/news/burmese-lacquerware-history-craft-collecting-guide
To be validated
  • La fiche indique du bois là où la plupart des boîtes birmanes documentées ont une âme en bambou tressé : la nature du support est à vérifier.
  • La technique (yun ou autre) n'est pas nommée par la fiche ; aucune affirmation n'est faite ici sur l'exécution de cet exemplaire.
  • Datation vers 1920 et origine birmane données par la fiche, sans signature d'artisan ni source.
  • Les sources divergent sur l'ancienneté de la laque à Bagan (XIe ou XIIIe siècle selon les textes) ; la notice retient la date fondée sur l'archéologie.

Notice drafted with the assistance of AI based on the dealer’s listing and cited public sources. Attributions and dating are subject to validation.

Boite a Betel en bois gravé et laqué, Birmanie vers 1920

Condition & restorations

Condition as stated
En l'état
Reported defects
Not detailed in the listing. This does not mean there are no flaws.
Restorations
No history provided. This does not mean that there is no restoration.
Request clarification
Shortlist

Similar items to

Boite a Betel en bois gravé et laqué, Birmanie vers 1920

Show more

480 €

Acheter cette pièce
Collector’s Reserve · CONVERSATIONS

Échanger avec l’équipe

Checking your saved choices…

YOUR VISIT, YOUR CHOICES

Just what suits you.

You can accept, refuse, or choose each use. The catalog and contact with dealers remain accessible in all cases.

Your choices are saved on this device. Audience measurement and observed personalization are only activated after your explicit consent. No choice triggers an email.

The legal identity of the data controller, their contact details, the retention periods, the recipients, and the legal bases are yet to be specified. This information must be completed before activating the optional features.

Checking your saved choices…

Browser memory is unavailable. Optional features remain inactive; you can continue browsing.

01 · The essential

Always active

Run the site, secure sessions, and remember your privacy choices.

Data, use and conservation
Data
Selection by purpose, text version, selection date and withdrawal date, with a browser technical identifier when server saving works. Account sessions remain separate.
Usage
Find your selections on your next visit. No taste profile is created.
Conservation
Choice retained in this browser until it is cleared. Durations of the choice and its server-side proof to be formalized; they are not a collection authorization.
Recipients
Collector’s Reserve retains proof of choice when server logging is available. The identity of the data controller and the list of service providers to be completed in the privacy policy.

Understand useful pages and navigation difficulties, only after your consent to this use.

Data, use and conservation
Data
After consent: pages viewed, timestamp and source of visit (social network, assistant or launch campaign, read in closed lists, never the full address), pages and listings shared, links followed to our brand pages or to a dealer’s website and social networks, impressions and clicks on the home page dealer carousel (with their rank), with a possible pseudonymous identifier. Without consent, no audience event is collected.
Usage
Traffic and user journey statistics. No activation of advertising or email.
Conservation
Durations of events and aggregates to be validated before activation.
Recipients
Collector’s Reserve authorized team; host and any service providers to be specified before activation.

Allow the use of your browsing history to suggest items. New Arrivals always keep their chronological order.

Data, use and conservation
Data
After consent: viewed items, searches, filters and favorites. Without consent, no personalization data is collected.
Usage
Explained suggestions. Your voluntarily declared interests remain separate from observations. No sensitive inferences or wealth estimates.
Conservation
Duration and erasure of the observed profile to be formalized before activation. Withdrawal must immediately stop this use.
Recipients
Collector’s Reserve authorized team; host and any service providers to be specified before activation.

04 · Marketing and partners

Unused

No advertising or partner tracking is enabled by these choices.

Data, use and conservation
Data
No cookies, pixels or advertising identifiers added.
Usage
No usage enabled. Any future usage will require a separate selection.
Conservation
No subject.
Recipients
No advertising recipient for these choices.

These choices do not subscribe you to any emails. A subscription requires a separate consent and can be revoked separately.

The selection applies to this browser. It does not create an account and does not sync across your devices.