Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India art pottery vase It was purchased from the

It was purchased from the estate sale of a multi-generational family of artists near Boston

I am not sure the maker of this pair as I have not found their exact match

broken remnants of artifacts and scraps of ancient textiles often litter the burial grounds today

a large bird

like new condition

Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India art pottery vase It was purchased from theWho is this marvelous fantastical beast that lives on the top of this vintage lacquer box? He looks a bit like a dog with antlers and a head dress, but his face seems positively human, and he has what looks rather like a tiny hand and wrist for a nose! Whatever he is, he's about the best creature I've seen, and is set off perfectly against a bold yellow ground, with additional colorful abstract forms, again rather mysterious, on all sides of the box.