Elzzup Tangram Puzzle with Very Beautiful Woodblock Printed Booklet flapper mask A big of age toning

A big of age toning but overall very good condition

A sweet and curious little porcelain hand-shaped vase

It's a folio that appears to have been distributed to high school teachers in 1938

structurally very sturdy

Elzzup Tangram Puzzle with Very Beautiful Woodblock Printed Booklet flapper mask A big of age toningIn this age of artificial intelligence, my want for simple, tactile things designed with the capacity to engage one for many hours grows ever stronger. I believe tangrams are mid 19th century Chinese in origin, but have since been produced in endless forms. To my mind and eye, it doesn't get better than this small wooden Elzzup Puzzle in its smart red box most of all because of the gorgeous 64 page booklet inside, which looks to have been woodblock