The seller is asking $330 for the pair, but based on my understanding of antique market in China he might accept a $150 offer:playful: Here’s a...
A comparison between my favorite two Fubakos :D[ATTACH] Have another, super cheap so not bothering taking it out from my cabinet :playful:
Sometimes truth lies within a simple word, right? I totally agree :p
Thank you so much Mikey! I know sometimes Kamon is just a decorative pattern, but if that’s genuine symbol of clans that would make it even more...
Also, as winter flowers, narcissus and camellia are still a rare match in Makie art as I don’t find historical examples. Only find is this bowl...
@916Bulldogs123 Mikey may I ask your opinion on the Kamon please?:shy: @808 raver it’s box time!:D
So the closest to the circled plum will be these two: precisely, the first one in a circle would be identical to mine [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and for...
So the second finest Japanese box in my collection has arrived this morning! Won from an online auction in Japan. A black lacquered fubako/ letter...
Also for the price…as I am spoiled by the cheap carved panels all over where I live, it’s really hard to comment considering how hard to find a...
Hmm, there’s no exact matches on Chinese ebay but this is not giving me old vibes based on the composition and also how the characters are...
Still a perfect display box for now!
Love the amethyst-colored velvet box too!(thought it was a horseshoe ring box at first lol. Used to have a purple one but sold it to a box...
It’s actually kinda hard to find a lady from Art Deco era wearing a plain comb, most of them I found seem to wear those with openwork instead
You mean this? [ATTACH] Not sure about Japan, but Qing dynasty has produced many butterfly-motif porcelain too [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Both have their own charm, abalone works just fine if used as small pieces like mosaics. But to make something like these you still need GGTS for...
Another page on GGTS from a Japanese museum. Note the Japanese description has more information not mentioned in English text: A large coiled...
Here’s also a photo from a shell supplier, showing the difference in abalone and GGTS. Imo not a fair comparison, as the abalone has black...
As I said, great green turban shell is a traditional material used in East Asia to make inlays. We don’t have abalone shell that large here, and...
So what I posted before is indeed a piece from green turban snail/shell-just a bigger one?
I also saw this photo before, so Japan has produced similar combs under Western influence in fashion. I think Japanese also made a lot of fine...
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