Description: Japanese studio ware brown stoneware vase with a slender ovoid body enhanced with narrow horizontal ribs terminating at the shoulder under an abstract band and an irregular rim. There is a seal impressed near the bottom of the vase. Ita??s tomobako is inscribed Ichirin-zashi hanabin (a??Vase for one flowera??) and the lid underside is signed a??Robeia?? (Aoki Mokubei), with one seal. 6 inches