Rare Antique Square Black Lacquer Wood Box with Fine Woven Bamboo Mesh and a cut-out auspicious coin design inside.

This beautiful box with its thick lacquer and fine weave has a thicker wood frame and an elegant double-ribbed style corner on the four sides and on both the lid and the bottom container with four elevated feet. The design of the box keeps the inside object away from the ground level or from touching a table top and provides a ventilation with its cut-out coin design inside. The original use of the box is unknown, but the bottom part of the container is constructed with a shallower rim which might have suggested that the box was used to contain objects that can be easily viewed, along with its laboring creation of the work, thus, a presentation box or a ceremonial box for special occasion could make sense. Possibly from the 18-19th century.

Dimensions: 10" x 10" x 4" H

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