A Japanese Metallic-Glazed modernist vase by Kusube Yaichi (1897-1984), Showa period (1926-1984), of streamlined baluster form with four abstracted lion mask bosses to the shoulder, covered in a deep grey metallic glaze. Impressed seal for Kusube on the base. Together with the tomobako (original signed wooden box), 23 cm high, 10 cm diameter