Small Bowl in Burmese Teak

Every time for the last 10 years or so i have been dropping subtle hints to my good friend and mentor Robert the Spruce that he won’t fit into his house one day due to the unbelievable amount of his wood turning/carving on every single bit of available space. Finally he has given me some of his work to “find a new home”. Each piece has been made by his experienced hands and, just like me, he knows the origin of each piece of wood.
This bowl is made from some rare Burmese Teak. It came from Burma (now Myanmar)decades ago and these days this wood is exceedingly rare and hard to come by. The heart wood is mid to dark browns and there are a couple sections of slightly lighter sapwood. The grain is wavy and attractive especially in the heartwood. The main bowl itself is turned but he has hand carved a raised base on the bottom. The bowl wall is just over 6mm.

He has finished the wood with Danish Oil giving it a lovely satin sheen and also making it food safe. As with all his pieces he has added is Spruce tree makers mark, in this case to the underside of the bowl.
The bowl measures:
Total length 138mm x width133mm x height 40mm.

It weighs 116 grams