Set of Nine Vintage Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Coasters Decorated With Animals and Mythological Creatures animal head There is a nice warm

There is a nice warm patina to the grass

Very good overall condition

in a child's room

and it actually seems to glow

Victoria and Albert Museum London

Set of Nine Vintage Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Coasters Decorated With Animals and Mythological Creatures animal head There is a nice warmThis is a wonderful set of 9 vintage Burmese lacquer coasters with very fine incised decoration, each one unique. This type of Burmese lacquer ware, called "yin de", is made from a mixture of the juice of the Thitsi tree and ash, which, applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object, forms a hard, glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air; once dry, fine decoration is hand engraved on the surface, then filled with colored lacquer, one