Editing Lacquerware (section)

====Forms====
The most distinctive vessel is probably a rice bowl on a stem with a spired lid for monks called ''hsun ok''. ''Lahpet ok'' is a shallow dish with a lid and has a number of compartments for serving ''[[lahpet]]'' (pickled tea) with its various accompaniments. Stackable [[tiffin carrier]]s fastened with a single handle or ''hsun gyaink'' are usually plain red or black. ''[[Daunglan]]'' are low tables for meals and may be simple broad based or have three curved feet in animal or floral designs with a lid. Water carafes or ''yeidagaung'' with a cup doubling as a lid, and vases are also among lacquerware still in use in many monasteries.<ref name="Blurton"/><ref name="ao"/>

Various round boxes with lids, small and large, are known as ''yun-it'' including ones for [[paan]] called ''kun-it'' ({{Langx|my|[[:my:ကွမ်းအစ်|ကွမ်းအစ်]]}}; betel boxes). ''Yun titta'' are rectangular boxes for storing various articles including ''peisa'' or palm leaf manuscripts when they are called ''sadaik titta''. Pedestal dishes or small trays with a stem with or without a lid are known as ''kalat'' for serving delicacies or offering flowers to royalty or the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]. Theatrical troupes and musicians have their lacquerware in costumes, masks, head-dresses, and musical instruments, some of them stored and carried in lacquer trunks.<ref name="ao"/> Boxes in the shape of a pumpkin or a bird such as the owl, which is believed to bring luck, or the ''[[Hamsa bird|hintha]]'' ([[Ruddy shelduck|Brahminy duck]]) are common too. Screens and small polygonal tables are also made for the tourist trade today.