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Posted 2 years ago
ho2cultcha
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I don't know what this is, but it's very heavy - made out of lead, i think. Maybe it's to put a hot plate on? It looks Asian to me, but who knows? Maybe it's from a tea set?
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it's a bit over 4 inches wide and 1.25 inches high.
Ikebana:
https://www.ikebana.de/kenzane-japan-c-8.htm?language=en
As mp.kunst indicated, this is an ikebana flower-arrangement "frog", called a kenzan in Japanese. This style is known as shippo, which refers to the overlapping-circle design (a bit like the Double Wedding Ring design in western quilts). Shippo literally means "seven treasures"; it's an auspicious symbol.
I think this style of frog is very beautiful, but it's not as easy to use as the "spiky" kenzan frogs. You can see an example of how it's used here:
https://youtu.be/gen4_PgNxjU?t=806
Thank you mp.kunst and thank you very much rhineisfine! I really love ikebana and had no idea that this was a frog. great info!