Charming Vintage Painted Wooden Box with Shenandoah Valley Style Decoration sterilized japan but aura-full and luminous feeling

but aura-full and luminous feeling with that blue

I'd guess this oversized reproduction was made in the mid-20th century (though I have found no others like it) and was beautifully done--solid bronze

and the head screwed to the black painted custom base from the underside

what a lot of demands this fellow carries on his back

Charming Vintage Painted Wooden Box with Shenandoah Valley Style Decoration sterilized japan but aura-full and luminous feelingI would guess maybe 1940s on this box but I am not completely certain. I love it for the hand painted decoration, which I think might be best described as Shenandoah Valley in style, somewhat in the manner of Johannes Spitler (1774 1837). What do I know, I just think it is lovely, and the bright yellow interior, too. Carefully hand painted, with some aging to the paint for sure, and I especially love the two intersectiing blooms at center, like