Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Wa Harmony Kanji Gold Orchid Brass Lid Showa 7.5"W LS#147 Text antique Japanese enamel

antique Japanese enamel

Smith/Signature: 友行 (Tomoyuki)

rendered in copper alloy with gilt detailing

5" (width x height x depth) (top 18

Vintage Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Wa Harmony Kanji Gold Orchid Brass Lid Showa 7.5"W LS#147 Text antique Japanese enamelJapanese cast iron tetsubin () cylindrical hiragata form with gold kanji and gold and silver orchid decoration, brass lid with silver chrysanthemum and cage finial Vintage Japanese Shwa Era, mid 20th century A cylindrical flat sided tetsubin of compact proportions, the body finished in iron black with a ring of arare (, hailstone) dot texture at the shoulder. Side A bears a single large boldly rendered gold (wa harmony, peace, Japan) kanji, painted in