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Mar. 2nd, 2008
Happy Girl's Day to Me!
Mar. 2nd, 2008 12:56 pmA pair of kokeshi dolls, $12.00.
A doll in peasant dress $22.00.
A pottery vase with a pretty glaze - point of origin unknown, I just liked the colors, $5.00.
Getting out in the fresh air and sunshine and walking around for three hours without having to rely on the tender mercies of blind, unfeeling cads for my amusement, priceless.
March 3 is "Girl's Day" or Hina Matsuri in Japan. It is utterly appropriate that I came home from Antiques By The Bay with Japanese dolls.
In fact, it may have been karma. On any given First Sunday, it is possible to stumble upon dozens and dozens of geisha dolls running the gamut of size, quality and condition. I'm not really into the geisha thing, so I usually pass those by. However, I spotted the peasant doll standing in the middle of a table and may have gotten as close to screaming "Squee" as will ever happen. Look at her! Gofun (ground oyster shell gesso) face, hands and feet with glass eyes that looked up at me and pleaded "Rescue me from this cold and windswept table!" It's the detail of her costume though - look closely at the fabric. It's all yarn dyed kasuri (Japanese ikat).
I normally don't care much for kokeshi dolls (the Edo period Bobblehead), but this little boy-and-girl pair were inexpensive and the paint details on them were nice. She's got a maiko (apprentice geisha) painted on her body, he's got a man with a lantern and Fuji-san in the background.
I did see fair number of kimono on racks today, but none that absolutely [i]begged[/i] me to go home. Also admired, but not in my budget, a gorgeous hibachi in persimmon wood and a small haribako-like chest of drawers which had been covered with menuki (ornamental sword mounts). I need a sugar daddy!
If you're in the Bay area and you enjoy antiques markets, Alameda's Antiques By The Bay is held at Alameda's old Naval Air Station on the first Sunday of each month. http://www.antiquesbythebay.net/
A doll in peasant dress $22.00.
A pottery vase with a pretty glaze - point of origin unknown, I just liked the colors, $5.00.
Getting out in the fresh air and sunshine and walking around for three hours without having to rely on the tender mercies of blind, unfeeling cads for my amusement, priceless.
March 3 is "Girl's Day" or Hina Matsuri in Japan. It is utterly appropriate that I came home from Antiques By The Bay with Japanese dolls.
In fact, it may have been karma. On any given First Sunday, it is possible to stumble upon dozens and dozens of geisha dolls running the gamut of size, quality and condition. I'm not really into the geisha thing, so I usually pass those by. However, I spotted the peasant doll standing in the middle of a table and may have gotten as close to screaming "Squee" as will ever happen. Look at her! Gofun (ground oyster shell gesso) face, hands and feet with glass eyes that looked up at me and pleaded "Rescue me from this cold and windswept table!" It's the detail of her costume though - look closely at the fabric. It's all yarn dyed kasuri (Japanese ikat).
I normally don't care much for kokeshi dolls (the Edo period Bobblehead), but this little boy-and-girl pair were inexpensive and the paint details on them were nice. She's got a maiko (apprentice geisha) painted on her body, he's got a man with a lantern and Fuji-san in the background.
I did see fair number of kimono on racks today, but none that absolutely [i]begged[/i] me to go home. Also admired, but not in my budget, a gorgeous hibachi in persimmon wood and a small haribako-like chest of drawers which had been covered with menuki (ornamental sword mounts). I need a sugar daddy!
If you're in the Bay area and you enjoy antiques markets, Alameda's Antiques By The Bay is held at Alameda's old Naval Air Station on the first Sunday of each month. http://www.antiquesbythebay.net/
More Sunday stuff
Mar. 2nd, 2008 06:41 pmAfter pounding around the old airstrip earlier this morning, I came home, ate some lunch, put my feet up long enough to catch the House Of Blue Leaves fight scene from Kill Bill 1 on Spike TV, then came upstairs and worked on my website for awhile.
( Fun With Frontpage 2000 )
( Photos of Japan c. 1905 )
And now, today's installment of WTF Theatre.
( Kill Bill )
( Fun With Frontpage 2000 )
( Photos of Japan c. 1905 )
And now, today's installment of WTF Theatre.