Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle welcome painting This type of Burmese lacquer-ware

This type of Burmese lacquer-ware

but I've been admiring old Buddhist spiritual drawings of late and keeping an eye out for antique hand-drawn and painted examples on paper--so was thrilled to find this beautiful mandala

I'm honestly not sure if this key was made for a giant lock or as a trade sign of sorts

then colored with water-based paints made of natural pigments on both sides

Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle welcome painting This type of Burmese lacquer-wareI think it's the approaching summer (and the accompanying fantasies of going sailing) that is drawing me to ships in a bottle of late; this is the second I've found in just a few weeks. I've learned that Haig & Haig whiskey bottles were the choice of many a ship in a bottle makers, due I believe to the voluminous, dimpled or pinched shape. I believe this one dates to the 1940s or so and features a three mast ship with American flag raised at the