Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Porcelain Flower Vase Vtg Hanatate Gold BA355 crackle glaze Vintage Japanese Chiyogami Paper Sewing

Vintage Japanese Chiyogami Paper Sewing Chest

Packed weight:  565 grams

Packed weight: 1671 grams

29 cm wide x 4 cm tall

bluish brown dots

Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Porcelain Flower Vase Vtg Hanatate Gold BA355 crackle glaze Vintage Japanese Chiyogami Paper SewingJapanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Flower Vase This is a porcelain flower vase, hanatate, for Buddhist altars. It is common to offer a range of seasonal and symbolic flowers in front of a Buddhist altar. It is also a vessel for Sakaki leaves or Shashagi leaves in Shinto. The meaning of offering sakaki tree leaves is that the gods living in the sakaki tree will protect the grave and the soul. This particular vase has a classic shape with a gold painted