UNINTENDED MOTION

I find this Shigaraki mizusashi rather easy to like, the feel is old, antique and simple in execution as if it was part of a great number of the same style made over many years by a potter which in reality is most likely the truth. Made by Ogawa Seiho, this humble and practical mizusashi has a wonderful stone like form with a surface that does justice to the bones of the pot, a narrative that circles the piece with an array of effects from dry ash to a fine tsuchi-aji resembling an ancient emaki-mono in three dimensions. Though solid and seemingly sedentary the simple mark made by the pot creates a slight amount of movement  in the same way drawing a circle in a pond may yield unintended motion. Contemplative and rich in visual value it is quite easy to see this pot in use during tea ceremony possessing a calming and unifying spirit that many pots strive for and far fewer achieve.