Japanese Ceramic Suiban Flower Vase Vtg Ikebana Arrangement Light Green PY868 indigo A stone sculpture

A stone sculpture

Vtg Japanese Lidded Sugar Bowl Lacquerware

The traditional geometric net pattern in red

Picture and Hiragana cards

This brown lightweight serving tray was handcrafted according to the traditional Takayama Shunkei technique

Japanese Ceramic Suiban Flower Vase Vtg Ikebana Arrangement Light Green PY868 indigo A stone sculptureVintage Japanese Ceramic Suiban for Ikebana Flower Arrangement This is a vintage ceramic Japanese flower vase, or suiban. This suiban is wide and shallow with a gorgeous light green with white and brown rocky accents on the outside edge, reminiscent of clear ocean water rushing to shore. Suiban means "water tray" and typically houses the spiked weight (kenzan) that hold ikebana flower stems in place, but can also be used as a base for a flower pot, or