Height 9.2 cm, diameter 10.3 cm
This dish is now used as a hibi for a tea tray, but it was probably originally made as a set of mukozuke (a small bowl for ten or five guests). Since this is a small dish, it is wheel-thrown rather thinly and molded in four directions, with the four corners pressed vertically to form the so-called “four-way corner” shape. The bottom of the bowl has a go-zoko (bottom of a go-stone) style, and the center of the bowl is circularly and shallowly cut. This type of pottery was widely produced in Shino from the Bunroku to Keicho periods.
This is one of the best examples of this type of pottery in existence. The beautiful brushwork of flowers and grasses and Kagome patterns on each side of the body and the beautiful coloring of the iron painting are outstanding, as is the excellent finish of the Nagaishi glaze with burnished fire-colors.
