Description:
Beautiful Antique Burmese Red Lacquer offering bowl, to my knowledge this dates from around, C1900-1940, could be older. Very good condition, consistent with age and use, a few small lacquer lifts to the bottom of the container. Please view all detailed photos for condition. Burmese Lacquer ware Hsun-ok Monks Offering Bowl is unique to Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. The Hsun-ok offering bowls are used in households for holding offerings to the Buddha on alters, the bowls are also carried by monks during their daily morning rituals of collecting alms.Monks in many South East Buddhist countries venture out in the early morning to collect food offerings from their local communities in the bowl belonging to this type of container. Some Hsum-ok offering containers are extremely ornate, they are sometimes decorated with Thayo lacquer and glass mosaics and gilded, others are black lacquered and incised with mythological creatures, figures and astrological symbols.