Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle tin tea caddy or as a cheerful display

or as a cheerful display anywhere--or use them for a party game

with bright blue body and black and yellow wings

and possibly Middle Eastern

It measures 5 1/2" across and 3 5/8" tall

Beautifully made

Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle tin tea caddy or as a cheerful displayThis is a lovely small Burmese lacquer box decorated with yun de incised decoration, painstakingly executed by hand, one color at a time. The design features what I believe are guardian lions ("chinthe"; the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box. The solid orange red lacquer handle at the center of the top makes this box particularly nice, with a circle of fine lines around