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Japanese Glass10 of 531Hineri Iwatsu yellow bowlVintage vase
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    Posted 3 years ago

    kwqd
    (1166 items)

    This vase is 9.25" high x 4" diameter and weighs 3 lbs 9 ounces. It is made of clear, blues, green, brown and yellow glass. It has some defects, scratches scuffs, etc., and a few bubbles. There is a lot of honest bottom wear.

    A poor description and honest but not great photos of the vase's deficiencies from a seller in Lamar County, Texas, maybe made me the only bidder at $10. I watched it for a few days and only decided to purchase it in the last few seconds of the auction out of curiosity. It actually turned out to be in better than described condition. A lot better.

    The seller noted a fogginess to the glass in places which he could not remove. I saw that when the vase arrived, and it would not come off after soaking it in soapy water for a while and scrubbing. I was later able to remove it using rubbing alcohol. Maybe tobacco residue? Don't know.... Though this is very thick glass, the exterior surface is mirrored, to some extent, on the interior making it very difficult to clean the inside, as well.

    I think I saw one of these at auction some time ago being offered as a labeled example of Sanyu/Narumi Fantasy Glass, but not 100% positive of that. I did find several examples of Sanyu/Narumi glass that were very similar to this vase but none exactly like it. They were close enough, however, that I think it is safe to conclude that this is Sanyu/Narumi Fantasy Glass.

    Though it is not perfect, it was only $10 and there is no example of one of these on CW that I could find, but I only searched the Japanese art glass category.

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    1. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 3 years ago
      Quite nice ,,indeed !
    2. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks for your comment and for the vase love Vynil33rpm!
    3. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks Jenni, Kevin and Dave!
    4. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks for checking out my "maybe Sanyu/Narumi" vase blunderbuss2, fortapache, PhilDMorris and jscott0363!
    5. BHIFOS BHIFOS, 3 years ago
      Is there blue in it or is it just picking up the background colour?
    6. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      The vase is made up of blue and green glass, BHIFOS. The seller's choice of a blue background was not the best choice for displaying this vase....
    7. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks for loving my possibly Sanyu/Narumi vase Daisy1000, BHIFOS and vcal!
    8. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks Alfie21, Manikin and Bruce99!
    9. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks Faith.k!
    10. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thank you Hadden77 and aura!
    11. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Added better images, updated description on this vase. Maker still unidentified.
    12. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks Apollo1oo1!
    13. racer4four racer4four, 3 years ago
      It’s a beauty Kevin, great buying!
      I would agree it’s Sanyu.
      They are quite hefty, yes? Yes!
    14. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks for your comments, Karen! Yes, I am very pleased with this one.
      It is a chunk!
    15. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      Thanks Deano and Karen!

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