Height: left 5.4cm., right 4.5cm.
Shichikyoku Kiln, Kitagaoka-cho, Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
14th century
(left) Height: 5.4cm, Body diameter: 5.2cm x 5.9cm, Bottom diameter: 3.4cm (right) Height: 4.5cm, Body diameter: 4.7cm x 6.0cm, Diameter: 3.lcm
　Water droplets are one of the most universal types of vessels made throughout the Kosedo period, along with goji (a type of small bowl with a small opening), and many excellent works were produced during the peak of the Kosedo period from the end of the Kamakura period to the Nanboku-cho period. The left is ash-glazed and the right is iron-glazed, both using coarse clay with a slight iron content. The body is water-glazed, the flat head and feathers are affixed, and the bird’s hair is expressed with a Hanzo bamboo tube and paintings. The two pieces, one with its mouth open and the other with its mouth closed, are not thought to have been consciously made as a pair, but they are lovable works with a frightening expression.
