Japanese Horse Roulette in Turned Wooden Box with Great Text on Bottom handprinted ceramic box followed by what I believe

followed by what I believe is 74

very good vintage condition

indeed a holiness

The drawing is done in graphite on paper

9" long x 7 1/8" tall x 1 7/8" deep (just the wood)

Japanese Horse Roulette in Turned Wooden Box with Great Text on Bottom handprinted ceramic box followed by what I believeI cannot resist objects like this, which wear the stories of their lives on their sleeves or bottoms, as is the case here. The thing itself is great, and a rare one: a very sweet old turned wood box with terrific galloping red horse on top and roulette wheel inside, which spins super fast, rolling the metal ball around until it lands in one of the recesses, marking the winning horse. One assumes the five little wooden chips stamped with horses 1 5 are