Antique Painted Bentwood Box with Gold Flying Cranes git for her A great gift for your

A great gift for your favorite female scholar or poet

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and provocative—definitely as much a book for adults as children

3 1/2” across at base

Antique Painted Bentwood Box with Gold Flying Cranes git for her A great gift for yourThis dark green painted bentwood box features finely rendered flying gold painted cranes or herons amid curling lines evocative of clouds or water. Executed in a Japanese influenced art nouveau style, I would guess this box dates to the late 19th century. The underside of the lid and interior bottom of the box is lined with dark green fabric with a little padding underneath. Really lovely, it would be great for holding jewelry, sewing supplies (I