Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) Persian hunter on horse I've been wanting to find

I've been wanting to find an old stone fruit walnut

with the wild woven passage over her chest being my favorite

with a looped handle at one end

7" long x 4" wide x 2 1/2" tall and in great vintage condition

and was probably made as a weight of some sort (it resembles some mat weights and scroll weights

Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) Persian hunter on horse I've been wanting to findI've become deeply enamored with 19th century paint decorated boxes, grain painted especially, and think this one, c. 1850s and made of pine, I believe, is really a beauty. A sort of mustardy yellow with a darker pigmented shade over top applied through a combination of freehand brush strokes and comb application. I love the long, gently arching lines across the front, like a rainbow, and then what look like eyes split right down the middle on the