Lovely Hand-painted Japanese Treen Nesting Eggs folk art model boat green paper lining

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an old English game that goes back to antiquity

The curled piece attached by rivet to the bottom left of the hanging rack is a tiny bit loose

The dustcover on this copy is well torn and frayed along the top on both front and back

framed in just the right old cream-painted wooden frame

Lovely Hand-painted Japanese Treen Nesting Eggs folk art model boat green paper liningThe kin of these Japanese nesting eggs are the treen apples one sees around from time to time housing a spinning horse race game inside. These are a bit rarer from what I can tell, c. 1920s 40s I believe, with each of the eggs but for the largest one hand decorated, I would guess while they were spinning around on a lathe. This set yields five complete eggs, which hold together snugly, and then there are four more unmatched halves that fit neatly