Burmese Fortune Teller's Book

A worn brown book that looks as if it has been read to pieces.

This fortune teller’s book is made of paper and pigment and comes from Burma, from the 19th century. Folding books like this were commonly used there for astrology and horoscope charts. The boards are a mottled brown with scuffs, dark stains and a few cracks, and the folded pages are visible at the spine. It is closed and standing upright. Nothing about it is polished, and that is exactly the appeal, as it wears its age openly and comfortably.

A bookshelf piece with plenty of past.