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. It’s tomobako is inscribed Ichirin-zashi hanabin (‘Vase for one flower’) and the lid underside is signed ‘Robei’ (Aoki Mokubei), with one seal. 6 inches