Japanese Vintage Hand-painted Lacquer Bento Box with Figure Pulling Boat Persian this basket would be wonderful

this basket would be wonderful hung on the wall

Set it on a shelf or attach a hook to the back and hang it on the wall

on a desk for paperclips

with 4 holes evenly spaced around the top perimeter

circa 1940

Japanese Vintage Hand-painted Lacquer Bento Box with Figure Pulling Boat Persian this basket would be wonderfulIm completely charmed by this vintage Japanese round lacquer Bento box with its hand painted figure pulling a little boat, overflowing with a bounty of what appears to be fruit. I think the red and creamy tan color combo of the box is super, as is the pink, gray, and green palette of the figures jacket, all the better for the patterns of dots and waves that animate it and the little red bow holding his hat in place! The handle at the middle of the lid