See Dessa Goddard appraise a Japanese Sumida Gawa vase, ca. 1900, in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.

Martha stores her flowers in a glass container that has ... Known as an Ikebana vase, Martha's separated container is inspired by the Japanese art of flower arranging. This flower-arranging ...

The word suggests the vase held fragrant oil used during Catholic Mass, and likely for a very important person. The item is owned by a family that lives in the Sotome district, where Japanese ...