Oribe square bowl of indented sides with handle across mouth with design of reeds and herons

Oribe square bowl of indented sides with handle across mouth with design of reeds and herons
Oribe square bowl of indented sides with handle across mouth with design of reeds and herons
Oribe square bowl of indented sides with handle across mouth with design of reeds and herons

Height 18.4 cm, mouth diameter 19.1 x 21.6 cm, four legs.
 This is a long, four-sided kiridoshi bowl with a thick, rugged, and ample hand. It is unusually glazed in three layers of green, white, and red, with a richly varied color palette. The lid is decorated with an ash and heron pattern, the sides and around the mouth with a circular pattern, and the outside with a horizontal and vertical stripe pattern. The bottom has legs on all four sides, and there are small marks on the bottom two places and on the front. On the front of the lid of the box, “Oribe ware bowl, Boshin September, Jikkyo year” is written in ink.

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