Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace but they've very empathetic and

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

please select 5 of them

it is intended as a letter opener

Horses and boats were favorite subjects

but perhaps more practically used for pens and pencils

Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace but they've very empathetic andThis 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