Chinese Hand-carved Walnut (Hadaio) with Monks and Leaves fish plate Signed Krantz on the bottom

Signed Krantz on the bottom

This teapot was designed by Lagardo Tackett for Schmid Porcelain in the 1960s and made in Japan

Dimensions: 4

with a bit of underlining in pencil on the first few pages

25" wide at largest

Chinese Hand-carved Walnut (Hadaio) with Monks and Leaves fish plate Signed Krantz on the bottomAnother example that some of the most amazing things in the world are also some of the tiniest is this vintage Chinese hand carved walnut featuring tiny depictions of monks, nineteen by my count, with leaves interspersed. What a feat of painstaking labor and craftsmanship! I would find somewhere pretty special to display this where it can be marveled at appropriately, and maybe place a magnifying glass nearby! These sorts of nut carvings, called