Kamei Glass Vase Vintage Hand Blown Glass from Osaka, Japan by Toshichi Iwata

Update 2/5/2019 I relisted it as an auction again but I dropped the price.
People!  If I am going to have any chance of finally restarting the fuchsia nursery again, it has to be now.  Horticulture is time sensitive.  I need to be making and monitoring cuttings right now.  I can't be gone all day working elsewhere and keep them alive.  No, I cannot use automation to monitor them.  They are in small batches and each variety has different requirements.  Please help, if only by sharing this post and/or the facebook post on PedricksCorner.  Thank-you!

I just listed this vintage hand blown glass vase my dad purchased in Osaka, Japan in the 1960's.
You can see it on EBay here:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kamei-Golden-Glass-Vase-Original-Box-and-Labels-Numbered-D-701-Toshichi-Iwata/233113147908

And here is a little bit about it:

Kamei Glass comes from Osaka, Japan and the Kamei Glass Company or the Kamei Glass Works.  Kamei glass was usually high quality glass and in current times is often mistaken for Sklo Union (Scandinavian) or Murano Art Glass (Italian).  Although Toshichi Iwata (1893-1980 and sometimes referred to as Tosti Iwata) was heavily influenced by the twenty years he spent exploring glass techniques in Murano Italy from the mid 1930’s to the 1950’s, he returned to his family’s large glass-works in Osaka where he began producing original studio pieces.  He also oversaw the production of the company’s other pieces for export.  The Kamei Glass Company produced a range of glass including tableware, novelties, vases and “Art Glass” from the 1960’s until they closed in the mid 1990’s.

           His studio pieces can be identified by the strips of imbedded gold with random bright colors stretched and pulled like millefiori.  And then covered with a translucent layer of clear glass.  His pieces were a part of the Japanese studio art glass scene and these contemporary designed pieces are now rare.

The fuchsia nursery needs my full attention from now until this summer when I begin making lavender wands again and funds from this auction might be the only way I am able to keep moving forward towards getting it back up and on-line again.  

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