Antique Japanese Signed Suiban Bronze Ikebana Flower Vase Birds & Rabbits 17" Cricket Fighting This is a vintage Asian

This is a vintage Asian flower vase

4cm) thick

raw finish

This tsuba shows considerable wear from repeated use

This box measures about 39

Antique Japanese Signed Suiban Bronze Ikebana Flower Vase Birds & Rabbits 17" Cricket Fighting This is a vintage AsianThis is an antique Japanese early Meiji (c. 1870) bronze Suiban (Ikebana flower vase). Known as either a suiban or hirokuchi, it is a low flat flower arranger in the shape of a plum blossom with four lobes. This vase was 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 birds (plovers and rabbits). The symbol of plovers flying over water is a Japanese symbol of