Stoneware receptacle, probably used as a kensui or waste-water bowl in the tea ceremony. Relatively high, straight sides with a constriction under the edge, decorated with the typical green glaze patches, and geometrical patterns and plant motives in iron brown on white slip.
Bottom on inside left unglazed. Impressed seal in outside bottom, in the shape of a stylized flying plover.
Seto ware, Oribe style, Japan, Taisho period or early Showa, 1920s-1930s.
H 4 ¼ inches, diam. circa 4 ¼ inches.
Inside with water stains (chalk), slightly calcified crackle of green glaze on outside, tiny glaze chip, all in all very good condition.
