Japanese Ceramic Ikebana Vase Pair + Kenzan Flower Frogs Attached Blue 8" Japanese Markings: "歌貞木屋" Kiya Utasada

Markings:  "歌貞木屋"  Kiya Utasada

along with its warm aged patina

This is an antique Japanese Taisho Era (c

A beautiful example of samurai craftsmanship

This is a vintage Chinese ceramic sauce or mustard dish with a hand painted floral design on the interior

Japanese Ceramic Ikebana Vase Pair + Kenzan Flower Frogs Attached Blue 8" Japanese Markings: "歌貞木屋" Kiya UtasadaThis is a pair of slab assembled ceramic Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) vases. The glaze issky blue on white with makers stamps and numbers pressed into the undersides of each. The bodies of each have a flat and round side, which when put together form a circle. These vases have a flower frog or kenzan adhered to the bottom of each making easy work of prepping your vases for flowers. The heavy ceramic at 3 1 2 lbs each (7 lbs total) provides a