Japanese Vintage Wooden Interlocking Puzzle Egg existential art These plates were purchased from

These plates were purchased from the estate of a prominent choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

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it was hand-painted with a tea pot and pillow in red and other tea ceremony accoutrements in copper and silver — nothing extraneous

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Japanese Vintage Wooden Interlocking Puzzle Egg existential art These plates were purchased fromI think it is likely a sign of these times, but everywhere I go physically and virtually I find myself picking up wooden puzzles. This heavy! wooden egg puzzle I believe is Japanese, and I must admit I am wary of taken more than a few pieces apart for fear of not being able to put it back together. It is actually a but of a puzzle to even figure out how to begin; it took me several minutes to find which piece had a little give (push, actually) to