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Ghost Face Walnut SAD 鬼脸 Mini VI (37 x 42 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:47:55 -0400

50.00 USD

Ghost face walnut with size 37 x 42 mm

Very cute pair for hand rolling or fidgeting. This pair has a sad looking. We like to watch sad movies, listen to sad music and read about sad stories. How about own a sad looking pair of walnut ?

For those drawn to sad content, I would recomend to read the Chinese novel <<To Live >> or watch the movie To Live (1994). My all time favorate book to read...

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Ghost Face Walnut 鬼脸 Mini V (32 x 39 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:41:48 -0400

45.00 USD

Ghost face walnut with size 32 x 39 mm

Very cute pair for hand rolling or fidgeting. This pair has a butterscotch and pale color.

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Ghost Face Walnut 鬼脸 Mini IV (30 x 38 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:39:55 -0400

45.00 USD

Ghost face walnut with size 30 x 38 mm

Very cute pair for hand rolling or fidgeting. This pair has a butterscotch and pale color.

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Ghost Face Walnut 鬼脸 Mini III (34 x 42 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:38:58 -0400

55.00 USD

Ghost face walnut with size 34 x 42 mm

Very cute pair for hand rolling or fidgeting. This pair has a butterscotch and pale color.

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Matched Walnut Half Kingdom 半壁江山 : Feng Shui Display Pair with a small crack (46 x 34mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:37:14 -0400

65.00 USD

(Half Kingdom Shaped 46x 34 mm) - Inter-connected walnut from two fruits. Not for hand play but fengshui home display. Rare collectable.

*One of the walnut has a crack on the top. Possibly can be fixed with epoxy mixtures or other adhesives.

Excellent pair but with a minor flaw. Please exam all pictures before purchase.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

A Short Story for the item:
Part I-
**I. The Twilight of the Cretaceous (65 Million Years Ago)**

Alpha tasted fear in the air. The Tyrannosaurus stood atop a cliff shrouded in volcanic ash, her golden eyes locked on the limping Triceratops below. Omega's labored breathing sent puffs of steam into the sulfurous air, her turquoise blood painting abstract patterns across the basalt.

Then came the sound - a dry, wooden *crack* from the ginkgo tree above.

Two fossilized walnuts, preserved in resin for millennia, chose this moment to break free. The first struck Alpha's brow ridge with the precision of a cosmic joke. The second bounced off Omega's frill before settling in the volcanic dust between them.

For one impossible instant, predator and prey stared at the walnuts. Alpha recognized the spiral grooves - they mirrored the pattern of galaxies she sometimes saw reflected in waterholes. Omega sniffed the air, catching the faintest scent of something impossibly ancient buried within the petrified shells.

The earth chose that moment to split open.

As lava fountained around them, Alpha's last conscious act was to hook a claw around one walnut, dragging it with her into the molten abyss. Omega, with her dying strength, rolled the twin fruit beneath her belly, shielding it with her body.

The walnuts sank together through layers of liquid fire, their shells blackening but never burning. Deep in the mantle, pressure fused them into a single stone that would wait 65 million years to be found by human hands.

Somewhere in the firestorm, Alpha's consciousness flickered with a final thought: *These will remember us.*

Continue with Part II in another listing.

Matched Chinese Walnut Pair, Loving Bird Shape Mini IV Polished (25 x 39 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:28:53 -0400

55.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut with abnomal shape that matched loving bird. This pair is polished with a smooth shine.

Size: 25 x 39 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Walnut Pair, Loving Bird Shape Mini III Polished (36 x 36 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:27:26 -0400

65.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut with abnomal shape that matched loving bird. This pair is polished with a smooth shine.

Size: 36 x 36 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Walnut Pair with Rhino Calf Shaped Polished (44x 24 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:25:26 -0400

75.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut with abnomal shape that matched to a calf Rhino. This pair is polished with a smooth shine. Many thanks to my associate Mr. Liu who was able to find this pair for us.

Do you know - at birth, a rhino calf usually weighs between 88 and 140 lbs (depending on the species) and can stand up within an hour ?

Size: 44 x 24 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Walnut Pair, Loving Bird Shape + Hulu Shape Polished (38 x 49 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:20:57 -0400

75.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut with abnomal shape that matched loving bird + Hulu. This pair is polished with a smooth shine. Does hulu shaped bird ever exist ?

Size: 38 x 49 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Walnut Pair, Loving Bird Shape Mini II Polished (29 x 41 mm) by ZenMu

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:18:43 -0400

65.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut with abnomal shape that matched loving bird. This pair is polished with a smooth shine.

Size: 29 x 41 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.