Thai silver lidded betel Quid box comprising a base & cover.…
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Thai silver lidded betel Quid box comprising a base & cover. Sitting on a flared foot, mirrored by a flared rim around the top of the cover. the cover stretches down over most of the box, the body is decorated with Burmese/Shan zodiac signs wih other symbols, within rectangular cartouches within criss-cross borders. the top is filled with raised buddha like curls, arrayed in circles around a central. Stylised crouching dragon-figure with applied silver horns. the base is engraved 'Eric and Barbara Trigg From All the Staff of Lme Thailand 1970-1977'. Height 18.2 cm. Weight 969g

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