Erotic Fruit! C. Early 20th C.Asian Porcelain Orange Box with Lovers Inside ice fisher and the seller I purchased

and the seller I purchased it from bought it in the early 1980s at auction from Eldred's on Cape Cod

A bit too short to be a pencil box (for unsharpened pencils at least)

Great on the desk or anywhere

It's a bit curious

Erotic Fruit! C. Early 20th C.Asian Porcelain Orange Box with Lovers Inside ice fisher and the seller I purchasedHow to resist? I've found antique Chinese and Japanese erotic porcelain figures of a similar nature out there, mostly sold at auction, but I haven't found anther couple housed inside an orange, and a terrific orange at that! Early 20th century, and I think Chinese, though I've found similar couples listed as both Chinese and Japanese. Pretty great modeling of their bodies, with just the right hand painted details! A great one to lend another dimension