Unusual China ceramic-lidded box

I picked this up in a thrift store to use as a spice jar in my pantry, and some searching proved it to be quite unusual. According to a listing on 1stdibbs, this piece is 1950s Chinoiserie. I've found a couple others online but only the 1stdibbs posting identifies it with a particular era. The body is brass and the lid is ceramic.

 

Chinoiserie is a style, and can be of any date. This is shardware: an old piece of porcelain used to make something new. It's still done.

 

And Chinoiserie is a Western style inspired by Chinese styles, it is not Chinese.
It seems to be a toothpick box, in this case more of a Chinese shape. I think it is Chinese made, so not Chinoiserie.

You can use it for anything you like, of course. I use Chinese toothpick boxes for all sorts of things, but not for toothpicks.

It looks like the porcelain roundel was made for the lid. Agree, it could be fairly recent.

 

This one is similar though shorter but has a made in Thailand sticker if it helps.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1075136963/vintage-brass-and-porcelain-hand-painted?gpla=1&gao=1&

 

Thank you all for the info! It's super cute no matter the age, and it makes an excellent spice jar

 

I found these two on etsy too
https://www.etsy.com/listing/117282...790&click_sum=5a4f25b2&ref=user_profile&sts=1
https://www.etsy.com/listing/924641...924641511&click_sum=98669bda&ref=user_profile

 

Of course, Thailand. The roundel looks much more Thai than Chinese, and they make a lot of brass objects.

 

They're copying shardware.

 

That's ironic!