Japanese Meiji Era Sumida Gawa Ceramic Vase/Vessel Inoue Ryosai (c.1900) LS#076 Inkstone stopper present

stopper present

Tsuba: Iron mokko-gata with engraved arrowhead (yanone)

It has its original copper liner in which ash was once filled to half way on which coals were set to warm the tea water

Width = 9"

This chest has nearly a century and a half old original warm aged patina and

Japanese Meiji Era Sumida Gawa Ceramic Vase/Vessel Inoue Ryosai (c.1900) LS#076 Inkstone stopper presentAntique Japanese Sumida Gawa Flat Flask Vase, Attributed to Inoue Ryosai (c. 18901920) This unusual Sumida Gawa flat flask vase presents a charming figural composition: a central flute player in white robes, accompanied by two seated attendants in green and blue. A circular cutout in the upper section adds sculptural interest and frames a small roofed structure in relief. Sumida Gawa pottery, named after the Sumida River area of Tokyo, developed a