Vintage Japanese Art Deco Flute Player Vase

A beautiful example of Japanese Art Deco decorative arts, this chrome-plated, miniature vase captures the glamour and optimism of the early twentieth century.

Featuring a fluted silhouette rising from a stepped architectural base, the piece is delicately engraved with the figure of a musician playing a flute, accompanied by flowing musical notes that arc across the surface. 

Produced in Japan, pieces such as this were created as decorative objects for the home to house small posies, or perhaps even pencils or today, incense sticks —celebrating the modern world through geometric form and artistic storytelling.