Japanese Usubata Cart Style Bronze Ikebana Flower Vase 12" Chadansu Hand carved in marble in

Hand carved in marble in the Foo Dog motif

It is #65 in the series "One Hundred Views of the Moon" (Tsuki no Hyakushi)

5" tall by 1 1/8" wide and 1 1/8” thick

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Titled: "Dawn" 暁 (akatsuki)Medium: Woodblock Print11"H x 16"WSigned: Tsukasa Yoshida in pencilCondition: Very good color and impression

Japanese Usubata Cart Style Bronze Ikebana Flower Vase 12" Chadansu Hand carved in marble inThis is a Japanese bronze Usubata (Ikebana flower vase). This vase is used in a tokonoma (alcove in a traditional Japanese home) to display flowers. It is made of a heavy bronze and has a thick cast design of a cart with a woven basket moved by two small children with a removable top filled with water for flowers. It has six point footing. The large top part easily separates from the lower vase. Typically the top is taken to a place where flowers are