Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box hand-formed bowl with face very much in the manner

very much in the manner of renowned Alebrije creator Manual Jimenez

and and what look to be some seeds mixed in for texture

very beautifully executed and lush feeling

describing it as one of 75 plates from Edwards and Darby (London) 's  "A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756-7

I'm not entirely sure if they were a combined set to begin with or came together at some later point

Striking Antique Burmese Red and Black Lacquer Small Betel Box hand-formed bowl with face very much in the mannerThis is a Burmese yun it lacquerware box, and an old one, c. late 19th century. I believe it was likely made as a small, personal betel box (kun it); like betel boxes, the top of the box slides down over the lower half like a tight sleeve. But perhaps a spice box. I've always got an eye out for a lovely old piece of Burmese lacquerware, called yun de immediately recognizable by their color and manner of decoration. And I think the decoration on the