Antique Carved Wood Durian Shaped Box with Interior Lacquer and Gilding sewing vice While I’d like to imagine

While I’d like to imagine the maker of the vessel had Magritte’s famous painting “The Treachery of Images” in mind

and believe it dates from the 1960's

the other solid black

flower-embroidered tunic

feels great to pick up

Antique Carved Wood Durian Shaped Box with Interior Lacquer and Gilding sewing vice While I’d like to imagineThis 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