Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle cheese plate but it is in overall

but it is in overall very good condition and could easily be framed to show just the drawing itself

28 painted wooden dominoes

Sugar: 5 1/2" t x 4 7/8" d

" referring to Leo Castelli

features a section of deep relief on either side

Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle cheese plate but it is in overallThis old hair ornament is amazing! I had thought it was Chinese, as I found others it closely resembles attributed as such, but now I'm pretty confident it is Japanese, where it called a Kanzashi, and dates to the early 20th century. I am completely enchanted by its intricate nest of forms, among which I spot a koi fish, a beetle, a butterfly, and various leaf and flower forms, and then an iridescent round bead, and a sculptural piece of what I think