Stunning, Very Fine Antique Japanese Lacquer Writing Box with Inlaid Pearls vintage Minnie Mouse figurine as the inner frame conceals

as the inner frame conceals a little of the the painting

identifying it as having been caved by Ed Parsons of Stonington--who I am pretty certain I have identified as Edward L

with copper and pink surface decoration on its interior over a reactive creamy glaze

educator and theorist Gyorgy Kepes (founder of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies) is this terrific book

then "the one who holds the Answer reads the first card on hers

Stunning, Very Fine Antique Japanese Lacquer Writing Box with Inlaid Pearls vintage Minnie Mouse figurine as the inner frame concealsI purchased this Japanese lacquer box at an estate sale a few years ago, and have sat on it thinking I would take it to an appraiser, but that has not happened, so here I am listing it. It is quite a fine one, which I believe would be referred to as a Suzuri Bako, made for holding writing brushes, ink stick, and or inkstone; this might once have held an interior tray or trays for those, though I am not certain. The design of the lid features