Burmese Green Yun Ware Betel Box - Ca 1920 Bedside Cabinets These Indian antique painted doors

These Indian antique painted doors and frame hark from Kutch and have been reclaimed from an old haveli

Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat

featuring rhythmic floral rosettes and repeating foliate motifs framed by delicate geometric borders

Examples of Nettoor Pettis can be found in museum collections and are illustrated in Arts & Crafts of India by Ilay Cooper and John Gillow (Figure 39

each one brings colour and soul to any interior

Burmese Green Yun Ware Betel Box - Ca 1920 Bedside Cabinets These Indian antique painted doorsThis is an excellent example of a Burmese yun ware lacquer box. These boxes were multifunctional and used both as tiffin boxes and betel boxes (kun it). This Burmese lacquer box has a typical form but with a less common green lacquer base. The scratchwork technique has been used to etch the design through an overlayer of black lacquer. It is decorated with foliate chu pan scrolls and the zodiac (yathi yok) fish. Perfect for a Pisces star sign. Often