A SILVER MANUSCRIPT CASE WITH PIERCED BAMBOO FOREST DECORATIONBURMA (MYANMAR), SHAN STATE, CIRCA 1915 13 in. (33 cm) long; 9 troy oz (281 grams) approximate weight Burmese Silver Manuscript Cases Designed to protect and present a scroll, such silver document cases followed a traditional design used by Burmese kings and high-ranking court officials. Scroll cases weremissioned to hold all manner of important private and ceremonial documents. Most typically, however, they were made to hold petitions to be presented to officials, the voracity of the contents hopefully being implied by the case in which they were held. Published: David Owens, Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom , 2020, pp.108-9, no.S4 (listed as being illustrated as fig.3.129, but actually illustrated as fig.3.130).