Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber child playing horn 8 1/4" long x 5

8 1/4" long x 5 1/2" wide x 1/2" deep

This lovely little vintage Murano vase has a striped swirl pattern of thin bands of white alternating with threads of aquamarine blue color

then colored with water-based paints made of natural pigments on both sides

but I’m developing quite a fondness of small seascape watercolors

with staining to the glass and interior of the lid

Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber child playing horn 8 1/4" long x 5I believe I am correct in reading this terrific mid century Japanese woodblock print as a portrayal of the strata of the earth. At top, branches of leaves and blossoms gracefully arching above the against the sky and clouds, then neat rows of evergreens delineating the horizon line. Below the earth, first a couple pf bulbs, maybe onions, and then buried deeper in the earth what I imagine is a giant tuber, or Imo perhaps a gorgeous huge sweet potato!