Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace but perhaps more practically used

but perhaps more practically used for pens and pencils

please select 5 of them

with some paint loss around the edges from where it was clearly previously framed

4 3/4" l x 2" tall not including tail in either case

but they've very empathetic and nice arranged in all sorts of groupings

Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box L.A. Grace but perhaps more practically usedThis Japanese box would once have held a hanging scroll long since separated from it, but such a beautiful box! Google image can be dangerous useless, but I managed to get what I believe is a correct translation of the label adhered to one short end, indicating the subject of the scroll was the Thirteen Buddhist dieties (though it also seems possible more than one scroll had a life in this box!) In any case, it clearly has a good bit of age, nice warm