Amazing Japanese Mingei Folded Paper Snake with Glass Bead Eyes button eyes lined with silky purple-brown fabric

lined with silky purple-brown fabric

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but was used by at least two different students

with just a tiny bit of chipping to the plate in one spot on the rim

now lost if there were

Amazing Japanese Mingei Folded Paper Snake with Glass Bead Eyes button eyes lined with silky purple-brown fabricWhat a lot of careful folding went into the creation of this very wonderful paper snake, Japanese (Mingei essentially means 'folk art' in Japanese) and dating to the early 20th century I believe. I've only found one other of these out there, near identical in manner though somewhat larger than this one, sold via 1st Dibs; that one was housed in its original wooden crate, with hand painted paper label, which helped in the dating of this one. It appears