Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Polychrome Lotus Pond Dragonfly Brass Lid Showa 8"W LS#148 Plane It is sheer cream colored

It is sheer cream colored and decorated all over with cranes in flight

This over a half century old inkan stamp measures 2

blush pink

This would have been used by individuals in positions of significant power and influence

Fifteen or more figures are depicted in close assembly: reading sutras

Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Polychrome Lotus Pond Dragonfly Brass Lid Showa 8"W LS#148 Plane It is sheer cream coloredJapanese cast iron tetsubin () globular marugata form with polychrome painted lotus pond and dragonfly decoration, brass lid with silver plum blossom finial; unused Vintage Japanese Shwa Era, mid 20th century A globular tetsubin sharing the same form and brass lid as its workshop companions, distinguished by polychrome painted decoration and an exceptionally fine state of preservation the interior clean and unoxidized, indicating the piece was never