Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers patterned substantial sculptural presence

substantial sculptural presence

Connecticut

and it is definitely the sort of piece I would want to arrange the rest of a room around

This pumpkin-shaped (or sometimes described as melon-shaped) rich green and bright orange lacquer box with incised vine

snake-like one is a very old drafting brush

Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers patterned substantial sculptural presenceThis antique Japanese lacquered tabletop cabinet Kodansu, in Japanese dates from the Meiji period, somewhere between late 19th and early 20th century. It features a hand painted golden duck, swimming amidst reeds at the center of its front, surrounded by silver hardware with engraved decoration. Inside the box are three black lacquer drawers of progressively larger size from top to bottom, painted with an elegant gold and silver design, and with