FREE: Tiny SATSUMA Vase

The listing, Tiny SATSUMA Vase has ended.

This tiny vase is SSOOO cute! I got it at the estate sale, and thought it was perfect,...but, I'm not so sure now. There is a tiny chip looking thing at the top edge, but it is the same color as the vase, so it has either been damaged and repaired, or was chipped before painting. Either way, there is a teensy chip of white there too. Cute, but don't consider it perfect.

The marking on the bottom indicates that it was manufactured by the Hotta Yu Shoten & Co. The inscription of hand painted Japan dates the vase 1920's-1930's. The company went out of business in 1947. These vases were often sold in pairs. It measure just about two inches in height.

Thanks for looking.