Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Four Tier Wedding Basket / Stacking Boxes vintage cocktails This is a stunning antique

This is a stunning antique Shaker-style turned wood bowl with threaded handle

is now well known as a photojournalist and activist

2" x1" x 1”

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

Such a beautiful form

Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Four Tier Wedding Basket / Stacking Boxes vintage cocktails This is a stunning antiqueI'm always on the lookout for Burmese Yun de lacquer, with finely incised designs hand done, layer by layer but this is the first wedding basket I've found. It is comprised of four tiers, each a box or tray, onto which the one above it snugly stacks. Three of the them are removable, as is the lid on the very top, while the bottom tier is attached to the frame, which doubles as a handle, by which the whole thing can be carried. And indeed it would have