Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers Native American jar the clip works great

the clip works great

as the mesh at the center is quite finely woven

which seems at once fierce and friendly

it commands attention in any context but can also swing many ways

perhaps made to store crickets

Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers Native American jar the clip works greatThis 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