Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India rabbit Tiffany Tots two piece porcelain

Tiffany Tots two piece porcelain pink glazed pig plate and cup would make a wonderful gift

and is emblematic of Takei's woodblock prints

and later lived in Oaxaca

While totally functional

Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India rabbit Tiffany Tots two piece porcelainWho 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.