1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design antique box on which there is some

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

I don’t think it gets much more 1980s than this fabulous deco-esque black

a UNESCO world heritage site filled with thousand year old Viking rune stones and burial mounds

I vividly remember visiting Skansen—an open-air museum and zoo in Stockholm dedicated to showing the traditional Swedish way of life prior to industrialization—on a cold and rainy day fall day several years ago

this and the color lead me to believe the bear is carved from Walrus tusk

1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design antique box on which there is someThis 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