Modernist Japanese Deco Lacquer Stacking Boxes startled figure and especially in the hand-carved

and especially in the hand-carved

I believe it is quite old and is thick and heavy and super satisfying as an object

5" in diameter

but definitely this produced some sort of elephant

Modernist Japanese Deco Lacquer Stacking Boxes startled figure and especially in the hand-carvedI don't know the maker on this, but definitely Japanese, c. 1920s 40s I believe, and really beautiful. The gold brown not quite gold, not quite mustard, not quite brown really does it for me combined with the red and black, and the target like lid is just the right topper. Three boxes in one, configurable in various ways if one likes. Feels very Bauhaus era (I thought perhaps German or Austrian from a distance) but also very Japanese. Just right. 5 7