Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's ark Animals, Zebra and Giraffe - A Pair beautiful Japanese lacquer box with copper and pink surface

with copper and pink surface decoration on its interior over a reactive creamy glaze

which is in great shape

such as these from Transportes del Norte

standing for its maker

Signed on the undersides

Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's ark Animals, Zebra and Giraffe - A Pair beautiful Japanese lacquer box with copper and pink surfaceThese are from a group of wonderful old handmade animals I found this past weekend in New Hampshire, I believe from a Noah's Ark set, though I'm not entirely sure all from the same set. I've divided them into a few pairs, and thought these two pattern intensive, smiling creatures and habitat sharers in real life a perfect match. The giraffe has jointed legs as well as nails for horns and tail (painted with the same pattern detail as the rest of him),