Saying little, Kitty lifted it with vase (8)
I believe the answer is:
taciturn
'saying little' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'kitty lifted it with vase' is the wordplay.
'kitty' becomes 'cat'.
'lifted' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in down clue).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'vase' becomes 'urn' (both can mean a container).
'cat' back-to-front is 'tac'.
'tac'+'it'+'urn'='TACITURN'
(Other definitions for taciturn that I've seen before include "Uncommunicative, of few words" , "withdrawn" , "Reserved, saying little" , "Aloof" , "Disinclined to speak" .)