Vintage Thai Five-Panel Lacquered Screen with Gilt Figural and Animal Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
The color palette—anchored in a cinnabar-red frame accented with verdigris and gilt—evokes Thai temple murals and ceremonial lacquerware. This piece functions beautifully as both a d...
Wood
Thai Lacquerware Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This lightweight box was made from teak wood from Northern Thailand, c. 1900. The box features its original patina with wear consistent with age and use.
Teak
Lacquerware Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Thailand and Burma are both famous for sturdy and beautiful vessels, platters, and boxes made from lacquered wood and bamboo. Sap from the Laq tree was mixed with iron filings to pro...
Lacquer
Lacquerware Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Thailand and Burma are both famous for sturdy and beautiful vessels, platters, and boxes made from lacquered wood and bamboo. Sap from the Laq tree was mixed with iron filings to pro...
Rattan, Lacquer
Lacquerware Food Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden tray was carved from a single piece of teak wood and covered in multiple layers of natural tree sap lacquer. Black lacquer was used to fill in the pores of the wood...
Wood, Lacquer
Lacquerware Food Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden tray was carved from a single piece of teak wood and covered in multiple layers of natural tree sap lacquer. Black lacquer was used to fill in the pores of the wood...
Wood, Lacquer
Burmese Lacquerware Pedestal Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
These red lacquer trays are raised on circular stepped bases; closely resembling the lower half of a Burmese Offering Urn without the lid. They make beautiful accents or centerpieces...
Teak
Chiang Mai Lacquerware Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Thailand and Burma are both famous for sturdy and beautiful vessels, platters, and boxes made from lacquered wood and bamboo. Sap from the Laq tree was mixed with iron filings to pro...
Rattan, Lacquer
Burmese Lacquerware Ok-khwet Buddhist Offering Box
Located in New York, NY
The Burmese originally acquired this art form from the Siam Kingdom, and adapted lacquerware into their culture creating a definitive Burmese style.
Bamboo, Rattan
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