WHY NOT?

I have to admit, I totally forgot about this 2Vu picture that I assembled only to run across it this morning. The original faceted Oribe water jar was made as a commission some while back and the intention from the start was to make a piece that fit an existing lid that was sent to me. This water jar was thrown somewhat thick and then quickly faceted on three planes that run around the piece horizontally while leaving a raised ring that interupts the facets and completed with a cut foot that compliments the form.  As with a lot of these pots, I went with the bare bones Oribe glaze which pools quite nicely where there are impendiments to gravity creating areas of deep, dark green accents about the pot.       

There is a slight irony to this posting as only the other day, a Japanese pottery collector asked why Westerners would make such pieces and my answer was quite simple, why not? Where would potters be without exploring forms and styles where ever they originated from? I suspect they would all just be stuck in the mud!