Lime box

56.27.234

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Small, circular, silver lime box or trimi used for storing pan or betel leaf. The lid is decorated with a large norbu gongkhil or swirling jewel which forms a finial this is surrounded by a band of four petal lotus alternatively inlaid with turquoise. The whole is covered in repousse designs of swirling foliage and lotus leaves, some highlighted with gilding.