Hand-painted Porcelain Ashtray with Pipe and Matches incised lacquer box with just the right amount

with just the right amount of wear and dings

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His constant attempts to sneak out with his old gang of boisterous

but I'm really not certain

but best would probably be to mount it to a backing sheet and then get it in a frame

Hand-painted Porcelain Ashtray with Pipe and Matches incised lacquer box with just the right amountI've rarely met an image of a pipe I didn't like to me, they're all Magritte ian fellows speaking to The Treachery of Images! It doesn't hurt that a pipe's a pretty great looking thing, even more so when emitting a trail of smoke and accompanied by a two toned green book of matches tipped in orange! I'd be more inclined to hang this one the wall than use it as an ashtray, but it would be a fun one to set out for pipe smoking company, and or to