Kutani Vases

These ceramic vases, made in Kutani, are called “shamoji-tate” (rice ladle stand) in Japanese.  They were originally designed to be a holder of the rice ladle!  The hand-painted vessels turned out to be so pretty that they were used as flower containers instead. Each vase comes with a mame-kenzan (“mame” means “bean”...a mame-kenzan is a “mini-frog”) to hold the flowers.  Of course, you can use them to hold other things like dessert spoons, pens, etc.!

  

  

Oval Top: 13.0 x 7.5 cm (5.1” x 3.0”)

Round Bottom: 6 cm (2.4”) diameter

Height: 10.5 cm (4.1”)

Mini-Frog: 2 cm (0.8”) diameter

Made in Japan.

Price: $28.50 ea.