Sculptural, Stony Vintage Japanese Ikebana Vase Burkina Faso in an old gold-painted wood

in an old gold-painted wood frame that I think suits it perfectly: 8 5/8" x 7 1/4"

one with the white neck is 2 5/8" in diameter

which seem to have become quite collectible things

To my eye such beautiful things

but then there they are

Sculptural, Stony Vintage Japanese Ikebana Vase Burkina Faso in an old gold-painted woodI havent been buying a lot of pottery of late, but always find myself doing so in spring, when one wants to be surrounded with as many cut flowers and sprigs of green as possible! This small vessel reads as much as a sculpture as an ikebana vase to me, quite satisfying with nothing at all in it, but also an excellent stage for all sorts of arrangements. With a wonderfully grainy, stony surface, and signed on the bottom with what I believe is a