Burmese Lacquered Stand

Gilt Lacquered Stand

diamater: 41cm, height: 20cm

This dramatic stand was made to hold a bowl or some other item, most probably in the context of a monastery or some other religious setting. It is of carved wood that has been decorated with moulded lacquer work.

It comprises a flat top on which a bowl can sit. This is surrounded by lotus petals so that the top has the appearance of an opened lotus flower. In turn, this is supported by a baluster-form column which rises from a tri-form base decorated at each of its three extremities with a large, carved

chinthei or Burmese lion.

The stand is decorated with orange-red and gilded lacquer, and is inset flat glass mosaics (

hpet-htok) backed with red and silver foil (known as hman-zi- shwei-cha) and further decorated with moulded relief work (known as thayo) in a variety of motifs including the kya-hmauk (petal) and dha-zin-gwe (orchid scrolling) motifs.

The stand is in very fine condition with no losses to the carving work. It is an excellent example, and most probably has been in the UK since colonial times.