By Nakajima Yasumi II (1905-1986), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th centuryProbably made for ikebana (flower arrangement), signed on the base with two chiselled characters in archaic script form Yasumi; with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside the lid, Chudo kotobukidori kabin (Cast bronze vase in the form of an auscpicious bird), inside the lid signed Yasumi with seal Yasumi, with an inscription indicating this item was presented to Mr Hisano Yasuo by the Osaka Tottoriken Tomonokai (Friends of Tottori Prefecture in Osaka) in Showa 44 (1969). 16.7cm x 28cm (6?in x 11in). (2).