Elegant water jug or mizusashi, used for the tea ceremony, to scoop fresh water from, to make matcha tea. In the shape of a bamboo segment with a "knot" (dividing membrane). Fitted stoneware cover.
Grayish stoneware with yellow and green (ash) glazes and some engraving. Signature stamped into bottom: Hikoshiro.
Japan, Shigaraki, Showa era, 1980s-early 1990s.
H 6 inches, Diam 5.5 inches
Mint condition
From the estate of the philanthropist George Gund III, who bequeathed his collection of Japanese art to the Cleveland Museum of Art, and to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
Hikoshiro Nishio (b. 1950), contemporary potter who lives in Shiga Prefecture
