VISUAL AIDS

Way back when, before the age of the internet I remember having a phone conversation with a fellow pottery collector trying to describe the works of Yasuda Zenko with only words, no visual aids what so ever, needless to say the conversation was a train wreck. As I look at this photo of a good size ryu-un henko by Yasuda Zenko, it is quite clear that words fail me as to trying to describe this piece, this work excepting that the landscapes of this surface are seemingly otherworldly. I put this henko up previously as it emerged into the sunlight and out of the shadows but thought a more formal portrait  would give a better idea of form and surface. Though mostly rhetorical in nature, the big question is exactly how do you describe this piece and get it right?