Vintage Watercolor Tins with Great Graphics - Lot of Four vintage Japanese vase I believe-- repeating around its

I believe-- repeating around its perimeter

and keen attention to detail

and a striking one to put on the table

This woodblock print is the work of Takeo Takei (1894-1983)

Widely collected by museums

Vintage Watercolor Tins with Great Graphics - Lot of Four vintage Japanese vase I believe-- repeating around itsI just love the graphics on the vintage watercolor boxes, which seem mostly to date from the 1940s or so, give or take. Three of the four I found with pretty sorry remnants of their former watercolor kits inside, so I cleared them out, but the fourth has a perfect unused set inside. From top to bottom in the first photo, the brands are Milton Bradley, Devoe, The American Crayon Company (Kopy Kat), and Binney & Smith, NY which is the green tin with the