Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India woodcut print 75 inches tall

75 inches tall

The two largest have sliding tops

Any breakfast-time would be just a little brighter with it on the table

Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum

but that is not the case with this one

Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India woodcut print 75 inches tallWho is this marvelous fantastical beast that lives on the top of this vintage lacquer box? He looks a bit like a dog with antlers and a head dress, but his face seems positively human, and he has what looks rather like a tiny hand and wrist for a nose! Whatever he is, he's about the best creature I've seen, and is set off perfectly against a bold yellow ground, with additional colorful abstract forms, again rather mysterious, on all sides of the box.