About This antique hand-painted vase was made by the well known Nippon Company of Japan in approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The vase is composed of porcelain with a cobalt blue ground and heav gilt and moriage or beaded decoration on the rim, handles and base. The front is decorated with a hand painted pond scene with a diving crane or shorebird, which carries over around a centeral band on the reverse. The vase is clearly signed on the base with the Nippon blue maker's marks.