Height 15.5 cm, mouth diameter 20.4 cm, body diameter 19.8 cm, bottom diameter 12.7 cm
This is a representative example of a pouch-shaped water jar, with one side of the body pressed down to create a change in shape, and with large ears on both sides. The body is pressed down at one end and has a large ear on either side. A thick sesame glaze is applied from the mouth to the shoulder, and the clay surface is blackish brown and tightened. The bottom of the bowl is spatula-engraved with a kiln mark, and the back of the lid is lightly spatula-engraved with a kiln mark.
The above mizusashi are so-called Ibe-te mizusashi. Ibe-te mizusashi are not generally old, and are estimated to have been made from the Keicho era through the Genna and Kan’ei periods, although some are old enough to be considered early Ibe-te mizusashi. However, many Ibe-te mizusashi are exaggerated and oddly shaped, and many are different in style from Kobizen mizusashi, which are so-called “Ko-Bizen mizusashi” of kiln-alteration.
