Lot of Wooden Clay Sculpting Tools, Mostly Japanese animal painting I believe this is Chinese

I believe this is Chinese and dates from the 1950s or so

It is signed 683 Italy in yellow-orange on the bottom

or one could wrap that handle with a ribbon or wire and hang it on the wall

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

Lot of Wooden Clay Sculpting Tools, Mostly Japanese animal painting I believe this is ChineseI 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