Vintage ALVA Museum Replicas Japanese Geisha Dancer Brooch Pin
The brooch is marked "Alva Museum Replicas".
The pendant / brooch measures 2 3/4 inches by 1 3/8 inch.
The brooch has been well-maintained and cared for over the years. It is in good vintage condition.
Geisha
Geisha are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance, games and conversation, mainly to entertain male customers.
It is said that geisha inhabit a separate reality which they call the karyūkai or "the flower and willow world." Before they disappeared the courtesans were the colorful "flowers" and the geisha the "willows" because of their subtlety, strength, and grace.
Authorized, copyrighted reproduction in metal, goldplated, by Alva Museum Replicas, New York.
Alva
Studios, operated by Alfred Wolkenberg. Alfred was born in Vienna in
1911 and immigrated to the US in 1939. In 1948 he founded Alva Studios
of Long Island City, NY. He had many artists and designers who were
commissioned to produce reproductions of priceless ancient jewelry and
sculpture. The pieces were marked Alva Museum Replicas and sold at
famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( MMA ),
Smithsonian Institute ( SI ), The Louvre, The Art Institute of Chicago,
etc...
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