Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery Small Stoneware Jar Kotsubo Iron Black Glaze Koro filling the interior with the

filling the interior with the dense

Condition: Good antique condition with expected surface wear and small marks consistent with use

part document and part reverie

Publisher: Stenger-Scott Publishing

Pieces such as this bridge late Edo restraint with emerging Meiji confidence

Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery Small Stoneware Jar Kotsubo Iron Black Glaze Koro filling the interior with theJapanese Studio Pottery Small Stoneware Jar (Ko tsubo) Iron Black Glaze Contemporary Japanese studio pottery A charming hand thrown ko tsubo (small jar) of compact, rounded form, finished in a rich iron black glaze that breaks subtly over the shoulder and pools with soft variations across the surface. The glaze stops naturally above the foot, revealing the warm buff stoneware body beneath, while the gently uneven rim and throwing rings preserve the