Burmese Red Lacquer Box - Ca 1910 Screen Koston was involved in the€œShin-

Koston was involved in the€œShin- hanga€� new art movement in early 20thC Japan

The full triptych was originally published in 1840 (the 11th month) by Izumiya Ichibei and is entitled 'Play: Kaeribana Yuki no Takeda'

this elegant box makes a superb decorative object

with control over water

' It appears this patent number could be apocryphal as there is no such number historically registered in the records

Burmese Red Lacquer Box - Ca 1910 Screen Koston was involved in the€œShin-This is an excellent example of a Burmese lacquer. These boxes were multifunctional and used both as tiffin boxes and betel boxes (kun it). This Burmese lacquer box is typical of the style and has a base orange red colour and is decorated with finely etched black motifs including a kunan kanbyat pattern. Tiffin boxes were used in the old days as lunch boxes or for packaging up small snacks which the colonials called tiffin. Betel boxes were used for