Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Bamboo Cicada Gold Silver Brass Lid Showa 8"W LS#149 Statue flash lamp glowing — as

flash lamp glowing — as they document two decorated military officers standing at attention to the right

the face and hands are modeled with quiet expressiveness — the beard

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

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

Artist's mark included on bottom

Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Bamboo Cicada Gold Silver Brass Lid Showa 8"W LS#149 Statue flash lamp glowing — asJapanese 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