By Hasuda Shugoro (1915-2010), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century Cast in a slim, abstract form, with a flat top and angled spout rim at one side meeting at an indented front upper section on the shoulder and cut away below, adjacent to engraved inset lines, signed just above the foot with chiselled characters Shu; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Chudo kaki (Cast bronze flower vase), signed inside the lid Shugoro with seal Shugoro. 32cm (12½in) high. (2).