Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India woodcut print The two largest have sliding

The two largest have sliding tops

Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum

but that is not the case with this one

75 inches tall

and I am pretty certain they are Scandinavian

Lacquer Box with Fantastical Creature Handmade in Kashmir, India woodcut print The two largest have slidingWho is this marvelous fantastical beast that lives on the top of this vintage lacquer box? He looks a bit like a dog with antlers and a head dress, but his face seems positively human, and he has what looks rather like a tiny hand and wrist for a nose! Whatever he is, he's about the best creature I've seen, and is set off perfectly against a bold yellow ground, with additional colorful abstract forms, again rather mysterious, on all sides of the box.