Stunning, Very Fine Antique Japanese Lacquer Writing Box with Inlaid Pearls pot with face and ears I just fell in love

I just fell in love with the drawing itself--a perfect combination of exactly the sort of thing one might observe on the streets of Paris and a wonderfully concise

I keep going back to the same seller in Russia to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty

At this point though it could certainly be mark  40 years of marriage or life itself

There are certainly some other Oaxacan folk art alebrije owls out there

except the green B which measures 10 x 7 3/8 x 1/4”

Stunning, Very Fine Antique Japanese Lacquer Writing Box with Inlaid Pearls pot with face and ears I just fell in loveI purchased this Japanese lacquer box at an estate sale a few years ago, and have sat on it thinking I would take it to an appraiser, but that has not happened, so here I am listing it. It is quite a fine one, which I believe would be referred to as a Suzuri Bako, made for holding writing brushes, ink stick, and or inkstone; this might once have held an interior tray or trays for those, though I am not certain. The design of the lid features