Burmese apothecary jar, 19th century?

Containers:
Artifact-box 184, Item hanony0010
Scope and content:

Decorated with gilded red lacquer. Design includes central figure surrounded by twelve other figures. Each figure is the lid of a separate cylindrical well for storing herbs and medicinal plants.

Acquisition information:
Received from: Purchased from Bary Jones, The Avid Reader

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