Vintage Gouache on Paper Southeast Asian Painting of Floating Market Boat Singer box detailed in the last photo

detailed in the last photo

I just love the specificity of the imagery

I believe the animal depicted on the lid of this beautiful presumed Japanese lacquer box is a Shi-shi or Shisa dog-- a creature resembling a cross between a lion and a dog that derives from Okinawan mythology and is perceived to be a ward protecting from evils

with a terrific green glaze around the body

3 1/4" tall

Vintage Gouache on Paper Southeast Asian Painting of Floating Market Boat Singer box detailed in the last photoI love everything about this painting, from the bright red boat, to the confident figure in yellow pants fishing from the boat, to the wonderfully specific baskets full of fish and other things including what I'd guess are lemongrass stalks, to the cobalt blue sea animated with white gulls and what look like lily pads everywhere. I am not sure what the seated boy and girl are doing, but they look pretty engaged with it! I find there is an appealing