Antique Carved Wood Durian Shaped Box with Interior Lacquer and Gilding sewing vice silver and pinkish molded ceramic

silver and pinkish molded ceramic vase/planter

with an opening of 7/8" across

“Tommy Ruthven

These show some age and use

flower-embroidered tunic

Antique Carved Wood Durian Shaped Box with Interior Lacquer and Gilding sewing vice silver and pinkish molded ceramicThis may just be my favorite little box ever. It took me a while, but thanks to the help of Instagram followers! I have now learned that it is shaped like a Durian fruit, native to Southeast Asia, and I have now found a few examples of others similar all quite extraordinary (and quite precious!) It seems these may be specifically native to the town of Palembang in Sumatra, Indonesia. The quality and wear to that lacquer makes me fairly certain it is