12.5” Long Antique Bamboo Wood Treen Bookmark Page Turner 19th C Wabi-Sabi

Description

Shipped with USPS Priority.
A very fine antique page turner with a wonderful worn feel to it when handled. One can only imagine the hands that held it and the many books it touched over the years!
A simple yet elegant object.
It is 12.5” in length with a width of 1”.
Made from bamboo with a beautifully carved handle. Lovely imperfections throughout with a small chip at the base.
“When a piece of wood has been painstakingly turned or carved, handled, polished and loved over the years, it can develop a wonderful colour and patina and becomes an irresistible piece of Antique Treen.”
“In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature.”
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