MADARA-KARATSU

I don't know a lot about the maker of this mizusashi, but according to his bio, Kojima Yoshiaki specializes in Karatsu pottery of which this piece is a very nice example. Thrown and then furrowed, this pot is covered in a very nice Madara-Karatsu glaze with accnets of iron on the face, the overall surface has a wide array of colors, tones and a sheen that gives the piece a rather serene appearance. The foot is just wonderfully dealt with with a crinkly surface, great shell-wad marks and glaze running toward the bottom of the piece. There is a very similar example in the book; MODERN JAPANESE CERAMICS on page 75, no. 54 though I think this example is just as fine as the one illustrated. All in all this is a rather classic example of Madara-Karatsu pottery and a great piece of contemporary chadogu.

You can see more photos of this mizusashi on my Trocadero page:

https://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1375914/MADARA-KARATSU-MIZUSASHI-BY-KOJIMA-YOSHIAKI