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Japan Small Antique Chrysanthemum Stone Planter Water Basin
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Japan, a visually attractive antique Classic stone chrysanthemum -kiko-garden planter or water basin hand-carved from solid granite.
Beautiful Chrysanthemum leaf design.
Dimensions: nice smaller than usual portable size, 8 inches tall and 16 inches diameter
Period: hand-carved in solid granite during the late Taisho to early Showa period, (1912-1930).
Comments: The handsome and well proportioned hand-carved form known fashioned in solid granite stone and featuring varied patina from age. These are extraordinary works of art for Fine gardens. Quintessential Japanese planter form ready for your flowers, hanging vines, or superb water features.
Please see photographs of numerous ways you can display and decorate these quintessential Japanese stone basins using succulent plantings, colored stones, or as beautiful simple serene water features.
Provenance: Japanese garden, Nagoya, Japan
History:
Water basins Tsukubai are singularly the most popular, frequent and practical garden ornament found in Japanese gardens. They symbolize Buddhist “purification” and are usually strategically placed in gardens or as an indoor entry tokanoma accent to allow visitors opportunity to cleanse hands prior to participating in a tea ceremony event or before honoring a shrine or temple. These kinds welcome visitors to stop and bow in a respectful, humble manner to perform purification of body and soul ritual.
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