Japanese Ceramic Suiban Flower Vase Vtg Pottery Ikebana Accessory Brown Y529 girl's festival Outside: 18 x 13 x

Outside: 18 x 13 x 3 cm

Kanji on the lid: 抜字名號阿弥陀経 (Amidakyo)

Holding a fish

The body is some kind of seed

This book is a letter from Rennin Shonin

Japanese Ceramic Suiban Flower Vase Vtg Pottery Ikebana Accessory Brown Y529 girl's festival Outside: 18 x 13 xVintage Japanese Ceramic Suiban for Ikebana Flower Arrangement This is a vintage ceramic Japanese flower vase, or suiban. The inside is a glossy chocolate brown color, while the outside edges are a rough textured brown glaze that mimics the look of tree bark. It is rectangular, but the bottom corners are rounded upward. Suiban means "water tray" and typically houses the spiked weight (kenzan) that hold ikebana flower stems in place, but can also be