Fantastic Old Felix the Cat Folk Art Doorstop burmese stacking boxes I have found a match

I have found a match of this set being sold only by an Asian antiques specialist (for more than 5x what I am selling them for)--the only difference being that that one includes a small tray in addition to the cigarette (or opium) box and match box here

graceful ribbon-like tentacles trailing behind them

Perhaps they made it to bind the work of a class

loaded with latent potential

with crowns on one side and concentric rings on the other

Fantastic Old Felix the Cat Folk Art Doorstop burmese stacking boxes I have found a matchI assume this was meant to represent Felix the Cat, but it was done with such minimal fuss that I think it both gets to Felix's essence while also transcending it. And what a magical effect time has had on the creamy white paint, now completely alligatored so as to give this black cat a quire an electric and rather ghoulish guise!! Surely an unplanned effect, but one that makes this especially special, and makes me wish Joyce Pensato were still around