Finely Detailed Antique Japanese Mixed Metal Tray - Tea while Fishing wall mask occasionally I buy things that

occasionally I buy things that looked much better in photos

which I've sometimes also seen referred to as snuff spoons

but is in good shape

or necklaces

with a bit of tearing to the paper of his head on one side

Finely Detailed Antique Japanese Mixed Metal Tray - Tea while Fishing wall mask occasionally I buy things thatIt is the subject and especially the fantastic details on this beautifully crafted tray that made me fall in love with it: the patterns of the waves lapping the boat, the flowers and leaves and swirls and tiny hearts animating the kimono of the figures, the other boats in the background, and the faces and hair and hats, and most of all, the hands (and especially the curling fingers of the woman at left!) And then the underside was attended to as well,