Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle matte green art pottery bowl 8 7/8" tall x 3

8 7/8" tall x 3 5/8" wide x 3 1/4" deep

and 9" across at base

I've become pretty enamored of old wooden trucks and trains (in addition to everything else

it really elevates anything you might put in it

Simultaneously earthy and cheerful

Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle matte green art pottery bowl 8 7/8" tall x 3This old hair ornament is amazing! I had thought it was Chinese, as I found others it closely resembles attributed as such, but now I'm pretty confident it is Japanese, where it called a Kanzashi, and dates to the early 20th century. I am completely enchanted by its intricate nest of forms, among which I spot a koi fish, a beetle, a butterfly, and various leaf and flower forms, and then an iridescent round bead, and a sculptural piece of what I think