Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace please select 5 of them

please select 5 of them

but perhaps more practically used for pens and pencils

it is intended as a letter opener

Horses and boats were favorite subjects

7 5/8" t x 4 3/4" w x 4 5/16" d

Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace please select 5 of themThis Japanese box would once have held a hanging scroll long since separated from it, but such a beautiful box! Google image can be dangerous useless, but I managed to get what I believe is a correct translation of the label adhered to one short end, indicating the subject of the scroll was the Thirteen Buddhist dieties (though it also seems possible more than one scroll had a life in this box!) In any case, it clearly has a good bit of age, nice warm