Set of Nine Vintage Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Coasters Decorated With Animals and Mythological Creatures animal head exquisitely crafted brown and white

exquisitely crafted brown and white vase by renowned California ceramist Leslie Thompson

and it actually seems to glow

Williams was a member of the Nitinat Band (Eagle Clan)

They are stamped Philippines on the bottom

Victoria and Albert Museum London

Set of Nine Vintage Burmese Yun-De Lacquer Coasters Decorated With Animals and Mythological Creatures animal head exquisitely crafted brown and whiteThis is a wonderful set of 9 vintage Burmese lacquer coasters with very fine incised decoration, each one unique. This type of Burmese lacquer ware, called "yin de", is made from a mixture of the juice of the Thitsi tree and ash, which, applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object, forms a hard, glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air; once dry, fine decoration is hand engraved on the surface, then filled with colored lacquer, one