Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set folk art bull One on side are two

One on side are two holes-- blowing through the top one sets the hand-carved little wheel spinning

from alarm clock on the shelf to wall-mounted radio

Gold and matte gray paint and in very good shape

but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there

Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set folk art bull One on side are twoYum! 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