Hand Painted Papier-mâché Display Box with Calligraphy : C1900 Japan Indonesian batik have wonderfully detailed butterflies

have wonderfully detailed butterflies

These colourful folk costumes were traditionally worn for celebrations and festivals

The gilt metal threads are a little discoloured with age and have a lovely antique patina as you would expect in an item of this antiquity

a couple of the darker roundels have some slight colour run

Handmade  in the France in the 19th century

Hand Painted Papier-mâché Display Box with Calligraphy : C1900 Japan Indonesian batik have wonderfully detailed butterfliesDating from the turn of the 19th and 20th century around 1900, this wonderful antique hand painted papier mach box from Japan. Painted a rich earthy rust brown it has brush pen painted, ink black calligraphy on every surface, top bottom and also on the inside of the lid and base. We have been told that the lid reads Look at this flower branch theres a fragrance of wind and dew This is so lovely in every way, just the right amount of wear, and we feel