Vintage Japanese Showa Usubata Bronze Vase Buddhist Family Shrine Bamboo It is has a warm

It is has a warm tan base clay imprinted with stamps of triangular flowers with a white and gray glaze over that

This style of thin walled bowl is favored by Buddhist sects for its tone

Weight =6lbs 8oz

This bowl measures 5" in diameter and stands 2" tall

It is made of a heavy bronze and sits on three legs adorned with tiny foo dog heads

Vintage Japanese Showa Usubata Bronze Vase Buddhist Family Shrine Bamboo It is has a warmThis is an antique Japanese mid Showa Era (c. 1940) bronze mini Usubata (flower vase). This vase was used in a butsudan (Buddhist family shrine) to offer flowers. It is made of a heavy bronze and has a thick raised design of birds on branches with flowers. This vase measures 4 1 2" wide at the fluted top to 3" at the base by 5 1 2" tall (11. 5 x 7. 5 x 14 cm). With exception to some signs of use with bumps and one cracked elephant head seen in pic 2