Vintage Kutani Shozan Porcelain Vase Green Gold Kiku Hanazume Hardwood Stand Showa 18"H Lacquer sugi surfaces display minor scuffs

sugi surfaces display minor scuffs and age marks consistent with a century of use

Decorated in gold makie with sakura cherry blossoms maple leaves

A richly illustrated survey of senso-e (war pictures) produced during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 — Japan's first modern overseas military conflict

Scalloped rims in particular echo earlier Chinese influences while being fully absorbed into Japanese ceramics

Regional elm examples from the late Qing period — particularly from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces

Vintage Kutani Shozan Porcelain Vase Green Gold Kiku Hanazume Hardwood Stand Showa 18"H Lacquer sugi surfaces display minor scuffsKutani 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