Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery Small Stoneware Jar Kotsubo Iron Black Glaze Basket framing the scene

framing the scene

Shunga (春画

furrowed brow

Iron corner reinforcements at case edges

Decorated in lively iroe polychrome enamels

Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery Small Stoneware Jar Kotsubo Iron Black Glaze Basket framing the sceneJapanese Studio Pottery Small Stoneware Jar (Ko tsubo) Iron Black Glaze Contemporary Japanese studio pottery A charming hand thrown ko tsubo (small jar) of compact, rounded form, finished in a rich iron black glaze that breaks subtly over the shoulder and pools with soft variations across the surface. The glaze stops naturally above the foot, revealing the warm buff stoneware body beneath, while the gently uneven rim and throwing rings preserve the