Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces vintage setko puzzle perhaps done at the same

perhaps done at the same time by three different members of a family

Plum: 2 5/16" x 2 1/8" x 2 1/8"

while the interior is glazed to make the planter watertight

8 5/8" t x 7 7/8" (base is 7" long) x 1 1/2" d (at base)

1 7/8" wide including pins

Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces vintage setko puzzle perhaps done at the sameThis listing is for several pieces of fine antique Japanese embossed "leather paper," known as kinkarakawakami, which I purchased from a seller who attained them as part of a lot of Asian antiques. I've barely begun to dig into what seems a very interesting history to this type of embossed paper, which from what I understand was created to mimic the gold embossed calf skin wall coverings from Europe. I've found a few 19th and early 20th c. folding