Vintage Hokkaido Bear with Display Board ninsei knot tea cups The painting depicts a grasshopper

The painting depicts a grasshopper on an eggplant

the paper box however is discoloured

8cm (7”) x W

He soon found his products to be in high demand and within a short time his interest shifted to making tea utensils

The Ainu people of Japan first started commercial wood carving back in the 1920s

Vintage Hokkaido Bear with Display Board ninsei knot tea cups The painting depicts a grasshopper*THIS ITEM WEIGHS 2005 GRAMS WITHOUT PACKAGING, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR SHIPPING DETAILS AND UPGRADES. This listing is for a vintage higuma bear carving from the northern island of Hokkaido dated Showa 51(1976). The texture of the fur is rigorously carved, and the bear has a salmon in its mouth. The entire bear has been fashioned from one single piece of wood, and comes with a display board. This piece is a little unusual in that