The classical form of usubata (it's meaning is a rim) features a broad flat top edged with an upturning lip around 1 inch deep in a Japanese design, although the main part of its body is bulbous with applied bronze wild mallard handles. Usubata have been in use since the 16th century and favoured by Senkō II, a renowned master of Ikenobo, the oldest school of ikebana (flower arrangement). When using the thin rim (the third portion or top of the vase) there is just a small, cup like hole in which to place stems and water. Water could also be added to the top portion up to the rim.
Throughout the ages the form of usubata evolved together with changing tastes and trends in the flower arranging art. From the mid Edo period the mouth of the vessel was often splayed rather than vertical and could be filled with water. This usubata is decorated in the sublime edo tradition of understatement and natural decoration, with swimming wild mallards, and mallards in flight as handles. Includes ship.
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