sadly I can’t post video here… it’s more breathtaking when in motion!
To me it was the antique fair in Glasgow… just heavenly in price and variety!
When you think it’s easier for me to get decent Japanese treasures, I too miss the time spent in thrift stores&charity shops in UK, where I...
An interesting find today: can you spot where the land meets the sea - the horn meets the tortoiseshell?;) [ATTACH]
I also got this kogai hair stick today… it came in half, and one segment missing so the two parts cannot meet perfectly. I glued it so bad that I...
;) Can you tell which one I’m most passionate about?
Have you seen this artwork before?[ATTACH] And yes, you can see through these magnificent combs clearly…[ATTACH]
waves are a common motif, usually coming along with little birds, cranes and koi fish. The one with silver openwork also have waves and birds on...
It’s impossible to only pick one right? I can’t either, so I’ll say the most expensive one :cigar:
I’m surprised that so many new additions cannot change your opinion :p but it’s so unique and sweet with those coral beads!
As you mentioned that one, I should pin the V&A comb here too:D but it’s carved from a single piece, yet mine is two jointed so that might have...
Oh and I also have this one as a freebie— special but IMO unattractive. mimicking the surface of ceramic, maybe? It has metal core underneath, but...
First one, lacquered and inlaid with mother of pearl. The carving is so beautifully done and the whole composition is so beautiful that parallels...
Time for some delicious kushi combs! I have three of them on the way for too long, but they finally arrived! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Yes my celluloid comb( or some sort of artificial material I don’t know about?) from Japan also fluoresces, but very pale. I have also seen...
Modeled box but the panels are hand carved? Even plastic are hand carved, if labour is cheaper :rolleyes:
Another good example [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] This is made from painted hoof. It would be perfectly convincing if, without the smaller dots!
IMO the lid is not tortoiseshell. I have never seen a piece of tortoiseshell with patterns so deliberately parallel & evenly distributed, but...
It arrived today! Although well packed (each layer wrapped with paper and held separately), but still has a few tiny chips:playful: but mainly...
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