Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace 4 3/4" l x 2"

4 3/4" l x 2" tall not including tail in either case

but they've very empathetic and nice arranged in all sorts of groupings

with some paint loss around the edges from where it was clearly previously framed

it is intended as a letter opener

but certainly quite a thing

Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace 4 3/4" l x 2"This 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