Vintage Japanese Showa Usubata Bronze Vase Buddhist Family Shrine Giclee generosity

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This is a vintage Japanese wooden lacquered saucer for sencha styled tea cups called a Chataku

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This is an vintage Chinese armoire made in the Ming style likely in the early Republic period or mid 20th century

These tea pot and cups were made with high fired ceramics for lasting durability

Vintage Japanese Showa Usubata Bronze Vase Buddhist Family Shrine Giclee generosityThis is an antique Japanese mid Showa Era (c. 1940) bronze mini Usubata (flower vase). This vase was used in a butsudan (Buddhist family shrine) to offer flowers. It is made of a heavy bronze and has a thick raised design of birds on branches with flowers. This vase measures 4 1 2" wide at the fluted top to 3" at the base by 5 1 2" tall (11. 5 x 7. 5 x 14 cm). With exception to some signs of use with bumps and one cracked elephant head seen in pic 2