#okimono — Public Fediverse posts
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A magnifying lens cradled in gilded vines transforms a jewel into a tool of mythic power. The dragon’s absence sharpens the focus on what it might command—tides, time, or the gaze of collectors.
How does the lens alter the way light touches the imagined pearl beneath?
#JapaneseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt #Okimono
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.682 -
A magnifying lens cradled in swirling metal evokes the mythic tide-changing jewel. Its undulating forms suggest both ocean currents and the coiled power of a dragon.
What detail in the stand’s design might hint at the jewel’s dual nature—calm or storm?
#JapaneseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt #Okimono
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.682 -
A magnifying lens cradled in gilded tendrils of metal unfurls like seaweed caught in a slow current. This jewel’s power lies not in light refracted, but in the suggestion of unseen depths—what might those swirling vines conceal beneath their polished surface?
#JapaneseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt #Okimono
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.682 -
A magnifying lens cradled in silver filigree swells like a captured moon, its surface etched with undulating waves. This jewel of the Dragon King refracts myth into metal—does the lens reveal the tide’s pull, or the dragon’s breath?
#JapaneseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt #Okimono
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.682 -
The magnifying lens rests atop a coiled dragon, its silver body etched with swirling waves and curling tendrils. This jewel-like object transforms myth into weight—what shifts when you imagine it held, not displayed?
#JapaneseArt #Okimono #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.682 -
Rats in Basket Netsuke.
Hand Carved Moose Antler.
Made by @PoluninNetsuke
Sold, now in private collection.
#Netsuke #JapaneseArt #Rats #Mice #Sculpture #Miniature #Okimono #Inro #Ojime #Inro #BoneCarving -
Fish Ryusa Netsuke.
Hand Carved Moose Antler.
Made by Serhii Polunin.
Sold, now in a private collection.
https://poluninnetsuke.etsy.com#Netsuke #BoneCarving #JapaneseArt #Handmade #Okimono #Ojime #Inro #Ryusa