Vintage · Made in Japan · one of one
Arita porcelain, Fukagawa Seiji · vase and ashtray · 14 cm
Fukagawa Seiji Arita Ware Reception Set
A Fukagawa Seiji reception set, ōsetsu-zoroe: a vase and an ashtray in white porcelain with deep blue and large orange peonies touched with gold. The set is unused.
$160 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 · a new business
Leaves Fukuoka within three business days by EMS, with tracking.
Condition report
- Maker
- Fukagawa Seiji, Arita
- Condition
- vintage, unused
- Comes with
- Original wooden box (応接揃, Fukagawa Seiji) and the maker's leaflet
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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 Japanese homes of the Shōwa years, there was often one room kept for visitors: the ōsetsuma, the reception room. It had the best sofa, a low table, a cabinet of good glasses. On the table stood a vase and a matching ashtray, because in those days every guest might smoke and every host wanted flowers. Children were not allowed in. The room waited, clean and quiet, for the boss, the matchmaker, the relative from the city.
Most of those rooms are gone now. Sets like this one were made for them.
The craft
Fukagawa Seiji is a long-established Arita kiln and was named a purveyor to the Imperial Household. The peony, botan, often called the king of flowers, stands for prosperity and honour. Here it is painted in orange against deep indigo blue, with gold detail on clean white porcelain.
Living with it
The vase for a few stems; the ashtray as a tray for keys, rings or a candle. Put them where the light catches the gold. If you grew up with a room like this, you will recognise the set at once. A gift for a parent who kept one.
• Porcelain, blue, orange and gold, peony design • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka, in its wooden box, 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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