Stoneware, thick cream glaze with orange striped design around the body, crawling brown glaze to the interior, the body with feldspar inclusions, incised maker's mark, together with a signed wooden box
H 10.4cm, D 13.3cm
PROVENANCE: Mitochu Koeki Co., Tokyo, Japan
EXHIBITED: 'About the Tea Ceremony - A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei (Studio Crafts)', The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2010. Illustrated in the catalogue of that exhibition pl.15.
Sold at auction for £1,715 in November 2024