Japanese Usubata Cart Style Bronze Ikebana Flower Vase 12" Music This particular lacquer is black

This particular lacquer is black and decorated in a makie gold bamboo with mother of pearl inlay motif

Weight = 97 pounds

This is a vintage Chinese ceramic statue of a young woman out for a stroll with a bird cage in one hand and an umbrella in the other

This is an antique Chinese cabinet made in the Ming style likely during the late Qing or Early Republic period in the early 20th century

Japanese Usubata Cart Style Bronze Ikebana Flower Vase 12" Music This particular lacquer is blackThis 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