Product code: SOAPSTONE STEATITE CARVING FLOWERS RED/RUST COLOR 8.50x5x3.50 hotsell INCH 2-lb 14.9oz
COLOR OF STONE IS NATURAL 8.50 TALLx5 WIDEx3.50 DEEP INCHES WEIGHT 2-lb's 14.9'ozs IT HAS BEEN SHOWCASE DISPLAYED ONLY WITH OTHER CARVINGS THIS CARVING WAS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN BETWEEN LATE 1950-1970's WITH OTHER CARVINGS FROM MR. IMAMURA WHO HAD AN ANTIQUE STORE IN KOFU, JAPAN IT WAS NOT EASY TO DO BUSINESS AT THAT TIME MR. IMAMURA WOULD MAIL US PICTURES WE WOULD SEND THE PICTURES BACK MARKING THE ONES THAT WE WANTED HIM TO SHIP HE WOULD MAIL US AN INVOICE. THE PAYMENT HAD TO BE MADE THROUGH THE BANK AS ALL PAYMENT HAD TO BE PAID IN YEN. ALMOST 2 MONTHS FOR ORDER. IN GENERAL WE THINK OF SOAPSTONE CARVINGS BEING MADE IN CHINA HOWEVER THE JAPANESE ALSO CARVED IN SOAPSTONE. JUST GUESSING ON THIS FLOWER AT TOP IS EITHER CAMELLIA OR SAGANQUA THEY LOOK ABOUT THE SAME & SIGNIFY IN JAPAN FALL, WINTER & SPRING 2 CHIPS ON BOTTOM LAST 2 PICS SHOW THERE'S A HOLE DRILLED BACK SIDE NEAR BOTTOM & TOP TO BOTTOM YOU COULD MAKE A LIGHT WE PHOTO OUR OWN LISTINGS US hotsell PO ONLY DOMESTIC ONLY.
COLOR OF STONE IS NATURAL 8.50 TALLx5 WIDEx3.50 DEEP INCHES WEIGHT 2-lb's 14.9'ozs IT HAS BEEN SHOWCASE DISPLAYED ONLY WITH OTHER CARVINGS THIS CARVING WAS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN BETWEEN LATE 1950-1970's WITH OTHER CARVINGS FROM MR. IMAMURA WHO HAD AN ANTIQUE STORE IN KOFU, JAPAN IT WAS NOT EASY TO DO BUSINESS AT THAT TIME MR. IMAMURA WOULD MAIL US PICTURES WE WOULD SEND THE PICTURES BACK MARKING THE ONES THAT WE WANTED HIM TO SHIP HE WOULD MAIL US AN INVOICE. THE PAYMENT HAD TO BE MADE THROUGH THE BANK AS ALL PAYMENT HAD TO BE PAID IN YEN. ALMOST 2 MONTHS FOR ORDER. IN GENERAL WE THINK OF SOAPSTONE CARVINGS BEING MADE IN CHINA HOWEVER THE JAPANESE ALSO CARVED IN SOAPSTONE. JUST GUESSING ON THIS FLOWER AT TOP IS EITHER CAMELLIA OR SAGANQUA THEY LOOK ABOUT THE SAME & SIGNIFY IN JAPAN FALL, WINTER & SPRING 2 CHIPS ON BOTTOM LAST 2 PICS SHOW THERE'S A HOLE DRILLED BACK SIDE NEAR BOTTOM & TOP TO BOTTOM YOU COULD MAKE A LIGHT WE PHOTO OUR OWN LISTINGS US hotsell PO ONLY DOMESTIC ONLY.