Chinese Lacquered Sweet Meat Box

Pictures below show a Chinese lacquered sweet meat box from my collection. It is a wooden covered box with engraved Fu Lu Shou (福禄寿, God of good fortune, prosperity and longevity), flowers, vases and scrolls, and the stand of the box is also engraved with a lion head and foot on each of the four corners. As for the interior side of the box, it is divided into six parts for putting the sweet meat.

Sweet meat or bakkwa (肉干) is a Chinese salty-sweet dried meat product similar to jerky, made in the form of flat thin sheets. It is normally made from pork or chicken. Bakkwa is believed to have originated from a meat preservation and preparation technique used in ancient China that is still practiced in places with Hokkien influence. Bakkwa is particularly popular as a snack in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Length : 27.5cm, Width : 14cm, Height : 16.5cm

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