A BURMESE LACQUER 'MARRIAGE GIFT' BOXPegu, early 20th Century, dated 1932Of rectangular form atop four short feet, the cover inscribed with a message detailing the family names of a Pegu education officer and the year '1932' in Burmese, all on a black lacquer ground, the hinged lid opening to reveal a red lacquered interior, the base and reverse of the lid signed,23cm long, 8.3cm highTHIS LOT IS OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE無底價-PROVENANCE: Previously in the collection of a British missionary family residing in Burma in the 1920s-30s;Collection of Prospect Burma, UK.-The inscription likely relates to the shinbyu ceremony, a novitiate ceremony in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism, referring to the celebrations marking the sāmaṇera (novitiate) monastic ordination of a boy under the age of 20.