Carved Buoy with Great Form and Rainbow of Scuffs red and tan 4 3/4" tall x 1

4 3/4" tall x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/2" deep

which would sit flush to the front

it couldn't be better

One of my favorite things hanging on my own walls is a striking vintage Japanese furoshiki

They come in what I would guess is their original slide top box

Carved Buoy with Great Form and Rainbow of Scuffs red and tan 4 3/4" tall x 1The shape of this old carved wood buoy does it for me, with the sway of the form making with think of a human figure, back arched and belly protruding. What makes it really beautiful to me, though, is the surface patina, particularly how the white paint shows a rainbow of scuffs and stains accumulated through banging up against other things. Like a 3 dimensional painting that might happily live next to a Frank Stella or Richard Tuttle, and I'd treat