Japanese Lacquered Papier Mache Box with Three Scholars antique cerebos salt tim It measures 7" tall x

It measures 7" tall x 7 1/4" wide x 3/4" deep

I have not touched the copper insert but imagine it would polish up if desired

I believe it is Danish Modern

and this is only the second one I've come across

Japanese Lacquered Papier Mache Box with Three Scholars antique cerebos salt tim It measures 7" tall xThis may be my favorite lacquered box I've had and I've gathered a fair number of lacquer boxes! It's the patterns of the kimono of the three figures that really makes it for me so elegant, and with that gold just popping against the black ground. I especially love the gesture of the figure with unrolled scroll before him, and the figure to his right with serenely attentive expression and arms locked gracefully behind him. Really a striking box, and