Beautiful Much Used Primitive Bench with Old Yellow and White Paint water view and I'm not sure what

and I'm not sure what the black line is crossing just above its mouth

and a bit of cracking to the surface of the lacquer on the bottom of the interior tray

or lovely as a vase

This is tiny

on the other hand

Beautiful Much Used Primitive Bench with Old Yellow and White Paint water view and I'm not sure whatTo my eye just a gorgeous object, wonderfully painterly and sculptural both. Nothing about it is quite square or straight, but clearly it did the job of a stool for many many years. Fat old hand forged nails all over including an exuberant big cluster of them on one short side, and a combination of original yellow paint on the interior and lower parts, and white on the top and sides. A great pedestal now for a sculpture or vessel or found object or