Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India things to read with its terrific orange and

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

5 inches tall with lid

the incised stripes and fin details

While it is almost concealed

framed size 10

Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India things to read with its terrific orange andWho 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.