Mokubei: kettle in the style of kochi (“Cochin China”, probably south-ern China) ware with relief design of birds in flight

Mokubei: kettle in the style of kochi ("Cochin China", probably south-ern China) ware with relief design of birds in flight
Mokubei: kettle in the style of kochi ("Cochin China", probably south-ern China) ware with relief design of birds in flight
Mokubei: kettle in the style of kochi (“Cochin China”, probably south-ern China) ware with relief design of birds in flight

Height 15.0 cm, mouth diameter 8.3 cm, bottom diameter 10.6 cm
 This is a representative example of Kime’s Koji ware, and is probably the largest Koji teapot. Needless to say, it is thinly molded and the body is decorated with a wiggling design of a plum tree with a bird in it in a floating pattern, and the hem is covered with lotus petals, each with a line engraving on an ogre’s face. The lid, which resembles an arabesque hat, has strings in the shape of a flower with a cloud pattern through the strings.
 The bottom of the lid is slightly raised.

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