1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design lidded basket sometimes spiced

sometimes spiced

with very minor slumping

as well as on each of the leaves and circles around its perimeter

There is some surface rusting consistent with age and use

1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design lidded basket sometimes spicedThis 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