it is a typical traditional Japanese ceramic flower vase. it used to be regarded as an beautiful, innocent object to hold the flower. even the present time, it has not been changed the quality of itself. but now a days in Japanese society, with mixing of all the cultural influence, we have loosen the place to have our tradition in domestic environment. like a my grandmum seems to be a long time ago.then i imagine when grandmum used to be young and good sense of herself, but transit to present time.