Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Box with 10 Plates green candle I've lately been having fantasies

I've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories

irregular rim on the kitchen island or at the center of the dinner table filled with calla lilies

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

25ʺw × 3

and it actually seems to glow

Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Box with 10 Plates green candle I've lately been having fantasiesIve become hugely enamored of vintage Burmese lacquer boxes, just amazed by the fineness of their incised decoration, which I have learned is called yun de. This renowned Burmese lacquer ware is made from a mixture of the juice of the Thitsi tree and ash, which is applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object, forming a hard, glossy surface that turns black on exposure to air. Once dry, fine decoration is hand engraved on the surface, then