A "Gu" style vase based on an archaic bronze shape, is supported and raised on a foot ring below the flared and thickened rim of the trumpet-shaped base and ascends to a similar trumpet neck but with a delicate everted mouth rim, the midsection or waist is in the form of a wide raised belt with four sharply molded vertical flanges, with a wood stand and a Japanese wood box. Size: 16.8"h x 6.15"w. Provenance: Property of Kobijutsu KenShuDo, Japanese Osaka Estate Antique Company.