Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box flirtation cards mounted to new matching cream

mounted to new matching cream mat with archival tape): 7 3/4" x 5 3/4"

I really need to (re)study my American History in order to be better at identifying the various conflicts portrayed on these old drawings on ledger paper

I love this one for feeling a bit like a play on a target (perhaps a nod to Jasper Johns

There is staining to the inside of the cup and crazing on the underside

pulled through a knit/crocheted structure

Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box flirtation cards mounted to new matching creamThis is a Burmese yun it lacquerware box, and an old one, c. late 19th century. I believe it was likely made as a small, personal betel box (kun it); like betel boxes, the top of the box slides down over the lower half like a tight sleeve. But perhaps a spice box. I've always got an eye out for a lovely old piece of Burmese lacquerware, called yun de immediately recognizable by their color and manner of decoration. And I think the decoration on the