Description (Labels & Markings)
A typed label adhered to the exterior reads '64'. This is in reference to an inventory of lacquerware seen amongst the collector's paperwork written on 14th April 1999.
Event Date 14/04/1999
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A Ko-kaw-tee bowl covered in black lacquer and thayo (paste of lacquer and ash.) and gilded. The inscription on the underside notes the name of the maker and the location. The rim is badly damaged. The thayo consists of loops and tendrils and four panels each containing a couple of different tribal figures of the locality carrying an offering, one is blowing a pipe. It is thought these figure represent the subjects of the Sao Pha or Chief of Kengtung and they are coming to pay their respects at the haw (palace). Small fragments of lacquer were seen in the bowl have now been bagged.
Event Date 13/11/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson