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3 piece Incense Stand (Censer) of filigree brass A: Base is round with 3 shaped legs; filigree brass of scroll design and coin shaped motif is attached to a frame at bottom and ring-shaped top which has a copper and brass striped edge. B: Middle…

Two-sided Sumi-e ink painting on paper napkins glued to newspaper with a padded newspaper frame. One side shows two birds perched on a branch with a cluster of flowers hanging from the branch. The other side is a painting of morning glory flowers.…

Set of wooden chopsticks in fan-shaped holder. A: Holder is in the shape of a folded fan with two pieces of wood extending out like a handle. Chopsticks fit into hole between "fan" handles. B and C: Pair of chopsticks are square and tapered Fine…

Lidded cardboard box (4 1/4" X 6 1/4") with calligraphy printed on paper slips (1 7/8" square) and cards (2 1/8" x 3 1/2") written in Chinese on one side and English on the other. The cards may not be part of the original set. They seem to deal with…

Airplane game consists of a paper playing board with red green blue yellow squares and airplanes and white circles. Chinese characters "take off" and "start flying" in English (14" square). 15 round wooden disks with airplane in relief on each one 4…

Black colored cast bronze bas-rlief of mother and baby. Called "War Mother" The mother is seated and she holds the baby in her left hand with hand around baby's head. The baby's body rests against her leg. The mother's right hand covers her mouth and…

A: Typewriter using Japanese and/or Chinese type. Cast iron frame painted black with decorative lines and patterns in gold on back. Fited into the frame at the front is a flat bed of type containing slots for 2450 pieces of type. From the center…

Small blue plastic bound soft-covered book with a grey plasticized paper slip cover with red printing entitled "A Charted Course to Spoken Japanese A Self-Interpreter. A concise accelerated course for students who wish to master spoken Japanese…

Bowl-shaped double walled basket of reed and bamboo. Inside is reed in a twill pattern. Outer layer is twined reed over bamboo spokes radiating from bottom where the bamboo strips form a hexagonal weave. A foot of bamboo is laced to the bottom. The…

Aluminum date stamp with four dials to change month day and year (date set at AUG 35 1943). Rubber stamp in the form of a large V the date shows through the middle and at the top is "Tickets Paid by Original" with two chinese characters underneath.…