Boy, Cow, Dog, Pregnant Mother, Couple, Beautiful Antique Mounted Albumen Farm Photograph cast terracotta planter This beautiful vintage Japanese lacquer

This beautiful vintage Japanese lacquer box

Two are lost (the M and the W) or never were

with the notion that its ultimate owner could take it apart and frame the whole series of pieces

8 1/4” t x 4 7/8” w x 4 7/8” d each and in good condition

and they're entirely hand-painted with great stripes and mane

Boy, Cow, Dog, Pregnant Mother, Couple, Beautiful Antique Mounted Albumen Farm Photograph cast terracotta planter This beautiful vintage Japanese lacquerA beauty of a photograph, crystal clear, richly tonal, very atmospheric, and with a with lots packed into it. Due north of this sweet looking boy (with the elbow of his sweater worn entirely through) is a woman standing in the doorway of the house, I imagine his mother, who looks to be very pregnant, watching over the scene and making for a nice echo with the parental sort of affection this boy seems have for this young cow. Along the very bottom edge