Japanese Edo Mushiake Mizusashi with Kintsugi

A Japanese waterpot from the Edo period.

• Mizusashi or vessel used for holding water in a tea ceremony.
• Mushiake-yaki is made from mountain clay with a natural pine ash glaze with yellow and green toning.
• Wajima lacquer lid.
• Old kintsugi repair lends a coveted wabi-sabi aesthetic.
• Mark to bottom corresponding to the year 1837.
• This piece comes with an appraisal certificate from Matasaburo Katsura, a renowned researcher of old ceramics and appraiser of Bizen-yaki pottery.
• Original tomobako.