Japanese Papier Mache Lacquer Box with Interior Scenes italian Bisque with graphic black details

Bisque with graphic black details as well as a faint orange stain on its beak and webbed feet

In the 1960's

is woven around what I believe is orange painted glass

Bottom half is 5 1/2" tall

I think these bright orange porcelain "Persian Hunter 1642" boxes

Japanese Papier Mache Lacquer Box with Interior Scenes italian Bisque with graphic black detailsI am fairly certain this lovely small Japanese lacquer on papier mache box dates to Meiji period, which extended from 1868 to 1912. It features wonderfully detailed depictions of interior scenes, including figures in beautifully decorated kimonos sitting and eating, all rendered in gold, white and black against red. I just love the specificity of the imagery, down to the facial expressions of each figure, and the overall effect it creates of glimpsing