1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design antique box and perhaps that "Leslie

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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

circa 1930s

6 inches tall with a diameter of 7 3/4 inches and an opening of 5 3/4"

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

1940s Japanese Ceramic Hanging Planter with Two-Sided Crane Design antique box and perhaps that "LeslieThis 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