Lot of Wooden Clay Sculpting Tools, Mostly Japanese animal painting Very good condition in original

Very good condition in original box

which I'd guess dates to the 1930s or so based on others I've seen

with just a very small amount of loosening/loss of the embroidery in a couple of spots (as documented in photos)

Willem de Kooning

Lot of Wooden Clay Sculpting Tools, Mostly Japanese animal painting Very good condition in originalI couldn't resist grabbing this bunch of wooden pottery tools at a recent artist's estate sale; I think they're just so beautiful! Surely there is a potter or sculptor out there who can put these to good use or someone else to invent a new use for them entirely. The set includes a total of 30 high quality trimming and modeling tools, made of a variety of woods and most of them from Japan. Average length @ 8" long x 1 2" wide; longest @ 10" long. Very