Vintage Japanese Hand-Carved Solid Wood Box - Pheasant & Blossom Relief Casket, Mid-20th Century

Some objects simply ask to be picked up, and this one practically leaps into your hands. A vintage Japanese box carved from a single block of solid hardwood, every surface worked in deep relief with a pheasant gliding through a drift of cherry and plum blossom. The carving wraps the lid and continues around all four sides, so there is no dull angle to hide. Decades of handling have softened the high points to a warm, glowing patina, the kind of honest age you cannot fake with a tin of stain.

The generously proportioned lid lifts cleanly away to reveal a plain, golden-toned interior with a fitted rim, ready for rings, cufflinks, stamps, or whatever small treasures you like to keep close. It is solid, weighty and beautifully tactile. Equal parts sculpture and useful keepsake box.

Styling & Collectors Inspiration

This little carved jewel loves the company of other hand-worked Asian woodwork. Sit it beside the Antique Chinese Wood Carving with Gilded Motifs for a layered, scholarly-table feel, or let it anchor a shelf below the Antique Japanese Kyogen Mask for a properly Japanese vignette. Collectors of fine carving will want to pair it with the Set of Three Hand-Carved Chinese Opera Masks in Hardwood, while a styled bookshelf gets real character flanked by the Pair of Solid Exotic Wood Bookends with Carved Lion Heads. On a dressing table, an entrance console or a writing desk, it earns its keep and then some.

Details

• Vintage Japanese hand-carved box, mid-20th century
• Solid hardwood, carved from a single block with a lift-off lid
• Deep relief decoration: a pheasant among cherry and plum blossoms, continued around all four sides
• Warm aged patina with naturally darkened high points
• Plain golden-toned interior with a fitted rim
• Approximate dimensions: 17 cm long x 11 cm wide x 9 cm high
• Condition: very good honest vintage condition, with light wear and age consistent with use; no structural damage. A small loss is present along one rim edge, in keeping with its age
• Origin: Japan

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