Lime box — Lime Box (Chunam-Box), Nyaung Shwe, 1923
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1923
Lime box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IM.327:1, 2-1924), made in Nyaung Shwe, dated 1923, attributed to Padeing Aung. The museum's brief description reads: Silver niello box, Shan State, Burma, 1923. Museum description: Lime-box of silver inlaid with black composition; part of a Betel-chewing set. The box is oval, with detachable slightly convex cover. The black inlaid ornament consists of scrolling foliate devices. Inside is a label with the name of the maker "Padeing Aung of Yawnshwe, S.S.S." The museum records it as Silver inlaid with black composition, measuring Height 1 in; Length 2 in; Width l.25 in. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Dimensions
- Height 1 in; Length 2 in; Width l.25 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silver inlaid with black composition
- Maker recorded
- Padeing Aung
- Place recorded
- Nyaung Shwe
Identification
- Museum object name
- Lime box
- Museum object number
- IM.327:1, 2-1924
- Museum system number
- O452441
Catalogue references
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