Vintage · Made in Japan · one of one
Arita porcelain · signed Shuho · vase and ashtray · 12 cm
Arita ware Shuho signed vase and ashtray set
A reception set: a flower vase and a round ashtray made by Shuho, white Arita porcelain painted with chrysanthemums in overglaze enamel and gold, in the original box.
$170 Free shipping to 32 countries
Order by December 8 to make sure it arrives before Christmas.
We ship to mainland China: free, tracked. Import duties, if any, are paid on delivery. Where we ship
A gift for a new home · a wedding · a collector
Leaves Fukuoka within three business days by EMS, with tracking.
The story: Arita wareRead the story →What buyers say · ★★★★★ on Etsy
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Jessica · United States
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“Item was as described and in photos shown. Excellent quality. Seller very knowledgable and took the time to explain everything”
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- Made in Japan. Made in Japan, found in Japan, and sent to you from Fukuoka.
- One of one. This exact piece, photographed in our studio in Fukuoka.
- Returns within 14 days of delivery. Not right? Send it back as it came and we refund the full price, return postage included.
- Packed safely, sent by EMS within three business days, fully insured, with tracking.
Duties, checkout and extras
- ★ 5.0 on Etsy · Star Seller. Read the reviews ↗
- Import tax. It depends on your country; if any is due, it is collected on delivery.
- US import duties. Already included in the price: nothing to pay at your door.
- Secure checkout by Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay. No account needed.
- Two pieces, one parcel. Each extra piece in the same order is $15 off at checkout.
- Orders of $200 or more travel with a gift to keep: Japanese chopsticks with a rest in a paulownia box, or a Nara kaya-cloth handkerchief.
The story
In an old Chinese tale, told in Japan as the Noh play Kiku-jidō, a boy who served the emperor stepped over his pillow by mistake and was exiled to a remote valley. Before he left, the emperor quietly gave him two lines of a sutra to protect him. Alone in the valley, the boy wrote the lines on chrysanthemum leaves. The dew that ran off those leaves became an elixir. He drank it, and he lived seven hundred years.
It is one reason the chrysanthemum stands for long life in Japan. It is also, for other reasons, the flower of the Imperial seal.
The craft
Arita porcelain, signed Shuho, made as an ōsetsu-zoroe, a matched set for the reception room. The white ground is kept clean so the overglaze enamels and gold stand out against it.
Living with it
A few stems in the vase, and the ashtray as a tray for keys or rings by the door. If you have someone in your life who seems to have lived a hundred lives, this set is for them. A gift for a 60th, 70th or 80th birthday.
• Arita porcelain, overglaze enamel and gold • With original box (tomobako) • Vintage • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka inside a sturdy 3 mm corrugated carton, cushioned all round with air pillows so it cannot move. It travels with tracking all the way to your door: by EMS, insured for its full value, on orders of $100 or more, and by tracked airmail below that.
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