Kaleidoscope - 'MORPHO' Polarized Oil Cell by Hiroshi Wakabayashi

Look inside to be instantly delighted with an interior image in the shape of a butterfly.  Turn the object cell end and the butterfly's wings appear to shine and shimmer in flight thanks to the oil filled object chamber containing tiny pieces of transparent film reflecting back at you.  To further enhance the interior beauty, Hiroshi used a polarized film inside the object chamber.  This film filters out light rays that would normally pass through and illuminates the transparent pieces inside.  The range of colors is caused by the light rays bending at various angles.  

The body of the scope is enhanced with gold paint and tiny dichroic speckles.  In one version, the exterior of the object chamber is also enhanced with a decorative silver epoxy with embedded colored stones.  In the other version, the silver epoxy has been stamped with two butterflies and the word MORPHO.  The interior is the same on both versions.

This scope is approximately  4-1/2" tall, 1-1/8" wide at the eye piece end and nearly 2" wide at the turning object chamber end.