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Khmer lacquer box
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Contemporary item# 941889 (stock# 2076)
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Abhaya Asian Antiques
Tel/Fax 852-29847509
$150.USD/$1100.HKD
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Finely made Cambodian red and black lacquered oval box, this is post Khmer Rouge i.e. made after 1979 and would probably best described as Arts and Crafts for the tourist market, usually sold as “antique’ after being artificially stressed. Unfortunately for the exception of textiles most traditional Khmer crafts have died out, as the availability of cheap plastic replacements from China and the average Cambodian citizen would not be able to afford items like this. There is nothing I ...click for details
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