Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set cat corkscrew and then the standing girl

and then the standing girl in profile looking very much like a queen with crown atop her curly hair and big dangling earrings

as exemplified here on both sides

with dramatic nose in profile

Beautifully aged and in great shape

I did a quick pass on it with silver polish and it shined up easily

Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set cat corkscrew and then the standing girlYum! 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