Vintage Kutani Shozan Porcelain Vase Green Gold Kiku Hanazume Hardwood Stand Showa 18"H Metalwork Weight = 14lbs 13oz

Weight = 14lbs 13oz

Surviving antique tokkuri retaining legible merchant calligraphy are genuine artifacts of Edo and Meiji commercial culture

square ring) pulls on the upper two and a large circular lock plate with kakute pulls on the bottom drawer — the interior construction clean and well-fitted

Sumida Gawa ware

Vintage Kutani Shozan Porcelain Vase Green Gold Kiku Hanazume Hardwood Stand Showa 18"H Metalwork Weight = 14lbs 13ozKutani Shozan porcelain vase with allover kiku chrysanthemum decoration in teal green and gold on carved hardwood stand Japan; mid to late Shwa period, c. 1950s1970s; marked (Kutani Shozan) on base The tall ovoid body rises to a slightly flared neck, the form elegant and well proportioned at this scale. Body, shoulder, and neck are covered overall in the hanazume (, packed flower) pattern: densely spaced kiku (, chrysanthemum) heads in gold against a