Japanese Ceramic Suiban Flower Vase Pottery Ikebana Arrangement Gray Blue Y526 ki seto Sitting monkey with hugging the

Sitting monkey with hugging the knees to the chest

Outside: 33 x 53 x 31 cm

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro statue

Sticker on the board: blades can be rotated

Japanese Ceramic Suiban Flower Vase Pottery Ikebana Arrangement Gray Blue Y526 ki seto Sitting monkey with hugging theVintage Japanese Ceramic Suiban for Ikebana Flower Arrangement This is a vintage ceramic Japanese flower vase, or suiban. It is glazed with a matte light gray to almost black gradient on the outside, but has a beautiful glass water like glaze on the inside. It has a mostly flat inside space and stands on a short pedestal foot. Suiban means "water tray" and typically houses the spiked weight (kenzan) that holds ikebana flower stems in place, but can