There are also hand-woven Chin silk clothes and memorable small gifts made of recycled materials. It offers boxes in different shapes and colours, soup or noodle bowls, trays that look like frying-pan lids, puppets golden lion, peacock, owl and so on , and 3-tier lunch boxes with handles — locally known as Thone Sint Gyite. Address: No. The shop is famous for its attention to details in craftsmanship. Hla Day is a great workplace for local artisans who are disadvantaged socially, physically or financially.
It provides different sources of aesthetic knowledge and training where one can improve creativity and skills. The elephant is another symbolic animal for Myanmar — white elephants were prized by ancient Burmese kings, and you can still find an image of a white elephant on kyat bills.
Maybe this is why its products have a sense of grandeur. Here you will find a vast range of magnificently designed boxes. There are many other kinds of lacquerware and varying forms of decoration. Gold- leaf lacquerware, or shwei-zawa, such as Box 11, was likely a technique the Burmese adopted from Thailand after they conquered the Thai capital of Ayuthaya in the 18 th century, bringing artisans from the Thai court to Burma.
If a box has a relief-moulded surface, this technique is called thayo and is not mentioned here. Major design patterns are described in Fraser-Lu Myin-mo is a form of rectangular design often framing astrological signs and is based on the mythological Mount Meru which in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology is the centre of the universe.
This particular pattern consists of one rectangle within another, forming a chain of rectangles linked by small squares and re-dented corners on the outer links. The myin-mo design can be found on boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and The yok-let pan-kya design is found on boxes 9 and 14 and perhaps on boxes 7, 8 and 13, though the latter seem to have a more narrative design.
Yok-let pan-kya is a lacy pattern consisting of small animal and human figures, often dispersed among sprigs of foliage and puffs of cloud, and all tossed pell-mell against a fine hatch stroke background. In narrative designs — keeping with Burmese conventions — the characters often appear in disguise, but a glance at their head-dress will reveal their true nature and identity, Fraser-Lu One of the most popular patterns for yun ware boxes are the twelve signs of the zodiac tseh hnit yathi and the eight planets gyo shit myo , one for each of the eight days of the Burmese week — since Wednesday is divided into forenoon and afternoon.
Astrology designs feature on boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and Apart from their decorative value, the eight planets as motifs have a social function as the birthday animals of the owner, family friends and guests are necessarily among those depicted, and the box therefore offers a welcome to all who give and receive its contents, Isaacs Illustrations and names of zodiac and planet symbols can be found in Fraser-Lu Betel boxes serve as focal points for social interactions since betel chewing is an activity that includes giving and receiving followed by socializing.
The upper tray of a betel box normally contains small baskets filled with betel nuts, resin, lime calcium hydroxide and spices. The lower tray holds tobacco leaves and the large space below this contains the fresh betel leaves.
If a box has no tray, it is unlikely to be a betel box, unless the tray s have been lost. The boxes described and illustrated in this publication were collected during the decade from an antique dealer in Yangon. The main production centre for lacquerware boxes in the country has been Bagan. However, the other centre where some of the highest-quality boxes were made was the Shan State, in particular Laika. It is difficult to identify the origin of the boxes, but most seem to have been made in the Shan State.
The antique dealer mentioned the Shan State as a possible origin for many of the boxes. These boxes are likely to be at least one hundred years old and are in surprisingly good condition, reflecting their value as family heirlooms or treasures and the special care given to them.
From examining the boxes there seems to be little damage to the surface areas, though a few cracks can be seen. The most fragile areas are where parts are joined together, such as the junctions between lid and cylinder. Here, we can often see an obvious red line where repairs have been made to cover cracks.
The base has a figure with Function: Likely a betel-box baggy trousers which is often affiliated with the Shan. Surrounding him are butterflies and flowers, and he is holding possibly a horn in his right hand. A green peafowl peacock is Function: Likely a betel box illustrated in the centre on the top.
A green peafowl daung in the centre of the top lid. The green peafowl was a symbol of the sun and the national emblem of the last royal dynasty, Fraser-Lu A mythical animal is illustrated Function: Possibly for keeping clothes at the centre of the top lid and also on the underside of the box.
An ogre is illustrated at the Function: Possibly for keeping clothes centre of the top lid and a fox-like mythical animal is illustrated on the base of the box. The deep red Height: There are similarities Lid: Flat with the designs on a box from Laikha as illustrated Materials: Bamboo, horse hair, lacquer, red dye and in Isaacs on p.
A kinnari is illustrated at the centre of Function: Possibly a gift or a showpiece the top lid and an ogre on the base of the box. Kinnaris and kinnaras are associated with the Shan State.
A mythical animal is illustrated on the Lid: Convex top and bottom underside of the tray and on the base of the box. Function: Constitute a pair together with box 8, and is likely a wedding gift. The subject has likely been chosen since the box was made as a wedding gift Base of the box with the design of a mythical animal It might be a Thaman Chah which is a waretiger.
The creature clearly has stripes Wiki, Mythical creatures in Myanmar folklore. The underside of the trays and the box Lid: Convex top and bottom have a design of Lakshmana with his bow setting off Materials: Bamboo, lacquer, red dyes, gold to aid his brother Rama. You are here Black Elephant Lacquerware. Black Elephant Lacquerware Feb 11, All photographs in this booklet were taken at the Black Elephant Studio workshop in Bagan.
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