Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India things to read I think it would be

I think it would be especially stunning filled with a narcissus or lily

with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

While it is almost concealed

5 inches tall with lid

a couple of daisies

Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India things to read I think it would beWho 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.