Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers aries but fine enough to invite

but fine enough to invite a close look

Charming as a vase as well

is in excellent condition

While featuring a central horizontal band that continues around the entire perimeter of the vessel

Massachusetts and has since taught at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina

Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers aries but fine enough to inviteThis 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