Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces vintage setko puzzle I don't know much about

I don't know much about this huge decorative stoneware plate

There is one small rim chip

while the interior is glazed to make the planter watertight

Works well

Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces vintage setko puzzle I don't know much aboutThis listing is for several pieces of fine antique Japanese embossed "leather paper," known as kinkarakawakami, which I purchased from a seller who attained them as part of a lot of Asian antiques. I've barely begun to dig into what seems a very interesting history to this type of embossed paper, which from what I understand was created to mimic the gold embossed calf skin wall coverings from Europe. I've found a few 19th and early 20th c. folding