Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid clay rooster There are a few areas

There are a few areas of paint loss on the ferrule and lower handle

the delicate white flowers of which are counterpointed by their thorny stalks

One need not be a skilled practitioner of ikebana to make striking use of this beautifully crafted ikebana vase

but very good overall condition

and can't find

Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid clay rooster There are a few areasJust a chunky old small wooden box, which looks perhaps to have held drill bits at some point, but which I really love for its carved tombstone style sliding lid, which for me at least turns it into a potential stage of sorts, which one might turn on its side and slide the lid up on like a theater curtain to reveal a surprise inside! (Maybe that's just me! But there is a notch mid way up on the face of the box that will hold the lid open at the mid