Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set cat corkscrew to his little pants pocket

to his little pants pocket

The box--with rules printed on the inside of the lid--shows some wear but is also in very good shape still

and delicate little leaflets on branching stems

as exemplified here on both sides

and then the standing girl in profile looking very much like a queen with crown atop her curly hair and big dangling earrings

Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set cat corkscrew to his little pants pocketYum! These make me happy just to look at, so pretty. When I found them, I thought they were pastels or wax crayons, but they are in fact pure pigment watercolor sticks, which one can directly apply a wet brush to, or break into pieces to use in a pan. In Japan these are used for watercolor painting, sumi e painting, etc. Very long lasting (from what I understand, each stick is equivalent to 3 4 watercolor pans), and from what I've found online, sets