Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns outdoor planter but I find this battered

but I find this battered vintage X-ACTO knife box

I’ve become hugely enamored of vintage Burmese lacquer boxes

just so elegant and lovely

This piece would make a great fruit or serving bowl

Japanese Signed Two-Sided Hand Fan with Abstract Patterns outdoor planter but I find this batteredThis is just about the most beautiful little Japanese fan sensu that I can imagine! Constructed of what I believe is a woodblock print on paper and a bamboo structure, it is two sided, featuring a unique composition of different patterns on each side, perhaps inspired by kimono textile patterns, and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples, blues, pinks and ochres. These are punctuated with black Japanese characters, which I wish I could