Finely Detailed Antique Japanese Mixed Metal Tray - Tea while Fishing wall mask which I've sometimes also seen

which I've sometimes also seen referred to as snuff spoons

with a bit of tearing to the paper of his head on one side

4 3/8" across at lip and 3" d at base

The confidence and grace of this drawing and the two others make me think that perhaps JK was a professional illustrator--or at least on their way to being one

I believe this clown dates to the 1940s or so

Finely Detailed Antique Japanese Mixed Metal Tray - Tea while Fishing wall mask which I've sometimes also seenIt is the subject and especially the fantastic details on this beautifully crafted tray that made me fall in love with it: the patterns of the waves lapping the boat, the flowers and leaves and swirls and tiny hearts animating the kimono of the figures, the other boats in the background, and the faces and hair and hats, and most of all, the hands (and especially the curling fingers of the woman at left!) And then the underside was attended to as well,