Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! dyed While designed for storing chewing

While designed for storing chewing betel

such that one side of the lid is not quite flush to the top lip

which features an image by Utagawa Hiroshige of people on a bridge with mountains in the background

Sara Ishikawa

Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! dyed While designed for storing chewingI can't look at this fabulous vessel without thinking of Magritte's Ceci nest pas un pipe! I think its a vintage tobacco jar, which likely once had a lid, but which now I think would make a pretty great vase. Its very nicely made, with the hand painted pipe rendered in relief, additional relief patterns up the sides and around the neck, and a mark that looks sort of like a C on the bottom. While Id like to imagine the maker of the vessel had Magrittes