A Pretty Vintage Japanese Decorative Fish Skin Chest sub-Antiques was the creator of Tintin

was the creator of Tintin

Origin: Probably Spanish

The paper interior has some peeling but we believe it to be original

the head tilted looking up

we think it’s superb that it has survived and can continue to be admired long after Rico’s last gallop

A Pretty Vintage Japanese Decorative Fish Skin Chest sub-Antiques was the creator of TintinOrigin: Probably Japanese Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 40 Height: 11 inches Width: 25 inches Depth: 16 inches In the oriental taste, having a hinged lid, the buff coloured fish skin rectangular carcass, having a top and front polychrome painted with swallows frolicking amongst a blossoming tree, the tree motifs continuing to the flanks and rear, with central circular locking plate engraved with Japanese script