1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design antique box charming from every angle

charming from every angle

I love the various framing devices that position the woman—who

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

and perhaps that "Leslie

And the extraordinary skill

1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design antique box charming from every angleThis spectacular Japanese hand painted ceramic hanging planter, c. 1940s, I found in an antique shop in Jamesport, Missouri, on the day I decided to launch Critical Eye. I had never seen one of these planters before, and found it such a lovely and surprising thing embodying endless treasures out in the world waiting to be found! One side of the planter features a large white crane set against a red sky and blue waves below, while the other features a