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The Japanese chose their word Nippon for the country of origin mark. Then in 1921 our government asked the word to be changed to Japan. So, your vase was made between 1900 and 1920.

A laurel wreath with an M in the center encircled by "Hand-Painted Nippon" clearly identified the vases as Nippon porcelain. "Nippon" is the Japanese equivalent for the English word "Japan." ...

Finely painted porcelain made around the turn of the last century usually has the scrolled and curved Victorian designs and floral themes called art nouveau. Characteristically, large Nippon vases ...

Your vase is Japanese and it dates from the first quarter of the 20th century, and it is part of a group of Japanese ceramics that are referred to as hand-painted Nippon.