Very Old Wooden "E" Box with Blue Paper Remnants and Fat Hand-forged Nails wall hanging textile I'll never pass by a

I'll never pass by a good copper box if I can help it

Another example that some of the most amazing things in the world are also some of the tiniest is this vintage Chinese hand-carved walnut featuring tiny depictions of  monks

smaller pedestal: 2 1/2" tall

He is held by the hips and suspended in air by a newer stand terminating in a metal base--it would just take a little loosening of the wire around his hip in order to take him down safely

Very Old Wooden "E" Box with Blue Paper Remnants and Fat Hand-forged Nails wall hanging textile I'll never pass by aA curious one, ideally suited for one whose first or last name starts with the letter "E", though I could also be convinced it's an "F"! In any case, it's a super old one, held together with these gorgeous, unevenly placed super fat hand forged iron nails. I guess the brilliant blue bits of paper hanging on to the surface are remnants of some sort of label, or maybe wallpaper, that once covered it, though I'm not entirely sure how this shadow of a