Japanese Lacquered Papier Mache Box with Three Scholars antique cerebos salt tim There is variation to the

There is variation to the clay body

I have not touched the copper insert but imagine it would polish up if desired

It measures 19" tall x 18" wide without handles

and am not sure it is silver plate either

Painted olive green on backsides

Japanese Lacquered Papier Mache Box with Three Scholars antique cerebos salt tim There is variation to theThis 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