Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Bamboo Cicada Gold Silver Brass Lid Showa 8"W LS#149 Statue the vase has a repetitive

the vase has a repetitive decorative motif and glazed both on the inside and out

This is an antique Japanese Misedansu or shop chest in two sections

Artist's mark included on bottom

36" x 56" x 20" (Width x Height x Depth)

5" wide by 9'' tall by 16

Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Bamboo Cicada Gold Silver Brass Lid Showa 8"W LS#149 Statue the vase has a repetitiveJapanese cast iron tetsubin () globular marugata form with gold and silver bamboo and cicada decoration, brass lid with silver flower finial Vintage Japanese Shwa Era, mid 20th century A globular tetsubin of generous proportions, the body finished in iron black with a finely pebbled surface texture. The decoration wraps the full circumference in a painterly, loosely brushed style: gold and silver white bamboo (take, ) stalks with leaves, cicadas