Black Glazed Angular Porcelain Bud Vase with Inky Blue Interior block houses and then these wonderful hand-painted

and then these wonderful hand-painted marching red birds in great dark red

nailed (with nice fat nails) to the sides of an old block of wood that forms the main body

a few slices of "betal nut" are wrapped in betel leaf

and a fantastically colored plum not yet quite right

One tiny split in the wood on one side at the tip of the handle

Black Glazed Angular Porcelain Bud Vase with Inky Blue Interior block houses and then these wonderful hand-paintedThis striking small vase is gorgeous just on its own, but would also makes the perfect vessel for a bunch of violets or lily of the valley or anything cut to shortish stems. The inly blue glazed interior adds a subtle glow to the matte ish black exterior, and makes me think Richard Serra meets Ad Reinhardt at a tabletop scale! 5 3 8" w x 4 3 8" t x 1 1 2"d an d in excellent condition. Unsigned.