Brass Ex-voto Eye Box frigo with its enormous yakusugi trunks

with its enormous yakusugi trunks and limpid waterfalls

5" W | 8" H

Dragonscale Terracotta Pot with with aged moss

and leaves from spruce

5" L | 5" W | 5

Brass Ex-voto Eye Box frigo with its enormous yakusugi trunksEx votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper seeks grace or wishes to give thanks. The destinations of pilgrimages often include shrines decorated with ex votos. Ex votos can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visitors of the received help. As such they may include texts explaining a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled