OFFERING a WONDERFUL WHIMSICAL JAPANESE SATSUMA TRIPLE SPILL VASE OF 3 DANCING FROGS. THEY JUST LOOK SO HAPPY! FROGS "KAERU" ARE CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK IN JAPAN. THEIR NAME IN JAPANESE ALSO MEANS "TO RETURN" OR "TO GO HOME".
MARKED ON THE BOTTOM "MADE IN JAPAN". MARK DATES FROM THE 1920's RIGHT AFTER THE WORD "NIPPON" WAS NO LONGER USED. WONDERFULLY PAINTED, GILDED AND ENAMELLED. SOME SMALL PAINT SKIPS AT THE LOWER EDGE AND ON THE TOP OF ONE FROG'S MOUTH. THESE ARE NOT CHIPS, JUST NOT PAINTED TINY AREAS.
SIZE about 7" HIGH x 7" ACROSS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER LIKE THIS.
I'VE HAD THIS ABOUT 40+ YEARS. The item "1920s Japan Satsuma 3 Spill Dancing Frogs Kaeru Good Luck Okimono Objet d'Art" is in sale since Thursday, July 19, 2012.
This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Vases". The seller is "timespastantiqueshanover4corners" and is located in Hanover, Massachusetts.
This item can be shipped worldwide.