"Large Burmese Silver Betel Box"
Embossed silver betel box, Burma, late 19th or early 20th century. The outlines are chiseled and decorated with animals in cartouches, the base and the top are slightly flared. The lid, which descends almost to the base, is decorated in repoussé, perhaps in the manner of a mandala, with stupas whose style is similar to the curls of certain sculptures of Buddha's heads. The bottom decorated with a lotus. Careful shipment insured at 100% of the value