Elegant Tall White Architectural Vase with Tiny Gray Flowers frog-shaped box There is some some wear

There is some some wear and cracking to the interior lacquer particularly on the underside of the lid

) and certainly suggesting someone cared for these very much

I truly believe one can never have too many boxes

Beautifully thrown

Elegant Tall White Architectural Vase with Tiny Gray Flowers frog-shaped box There is some some wearJust a beauty of a vase, I'd fill this one with a flowering branch or two and it would make the room. Unsigned unmarked, it appears to have been thrown, then trimmed, so that the form is angular and the surfaces smooth. The lines running vertically articulate the vase's structure but are wonderfully irregular, and the tiny flowers here and there are just the perfect punctuation. I can't imagine this piece isn't Japanese, but I am not 100% certain.