Japanese Lacquered Papier Mache Box with Three Scholars victorian egg with check mottled oatmeal colored glaze and

mottled oatmeal colored glaze and hand-painted dark brown details

but still with the hand and sensibility of the maker wonderfully present

I found this wonderful truck at a little mom and pop antique shop in Jamesport

I think one can really viscerally feel the love and care that went into making this

Japanese Lacquered Papier Mache Box with Three Scholars victorian egg with check mottled oatmeal colored glaze andThis may be my favorite lacquered box I've had and I've gathered a fair number of lacquer boxes! It's the patterns of the kimono of the three figures that really makes it for me so elegant, and with that gold just popping against the black ground. I especially love the gesture of the figure with unrolled scroll before him, and the figure to his right with serenely attentive expression and arms locked gracefully behind him. Really a striking box, and