Ceramic Cover for Quatrefoil Water Container (Mizusashi)

Lacquered wood

Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing

Gray stoneware with variegated clear, white, and pale lavender blue glazes over impressed decoration (so-called "mishima" technique); with incised signature of the artist reading "Makoto YABE" on the unglazed base, the surname written idiosyncratically

Light gray stoneware with mottled iron-brown glaze over wax-resist brushwork decoration, with artist’s mark impressed on the base

Onda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the exterior

Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature of the artist reading "Ken '00" inscribed on the base before firing

Onda ware, 'zogan' technique: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip on the interior and over white slip brushed over chatter marks on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base

Onda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the exterior

Hakeme type: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over brush-applied white slip, the slip encouraged to run to create patterns, with artist’s mark impressed on the base

Onda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the interior and over incised bowstring lines on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base

Onda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the interior and over brush-applied white slip spirals on the exterior

Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze