Meiji Japanese Dragon Vase Shreve Sterling Mount Arts & Crafts Sickley era 1910

  
Rare hand decorated Meiji Period Japanese vase with hand-hammered sterling silver Shreve & Co. Sterling mount marked SHREVE & CO.

STERLING on edge of neck. Beautifully painted pair of dragons around the vase under a crackle glaze below waves circling the neck.

Two Japanese characters hand painted on the bottom, not yet translated. The sterling has intentionally been left unpolished for the choice of the new owner. Excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. Measures 6 3/4" tall x 5" wide.

An excellent addition to any Arts & Crafts bungalow interior, collection of Japanese ceramics or Shreve & Co. If you live near our Pasadena shop, or near our workshop in Santa Rosa, Ca. We can arrange viewing of the vase in person. Please view our other auctions, I will be listing additional art & photographs & if time permits, a large collection of over 200 glass slides, photos & ephemera from a listed San Francisco photographer, Albert Louis Goetz, circa 1895 to 1915.

Included are images of Yosemite, nudes posing in nature, & PPIE... Pan Pacific International Exposition 1915.

The item "Meiji Japanese Dragon Vase Shreve Sterling Mount Arts & Crafts Sickley era 1910" is in sale since Sunday, February 3, 2013. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Made in Japan". The seller is "n2artscrafts" and is located in Pasadena, California. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Panama, Jamaica.