Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture the basket's exterior is a

the basket's exterior is a variegated honey color with faded red medallion and red and blue striping

I found it at a terrific estate sale in Concord

The deep brown glaze that covers the surface of the bull's body is predominately smooth

but pulls apart to reveal the tiny interior nest-like interior basket

a member of the Committee of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy

Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture the basket's exterior is aThis hand thrown mushroom shaped ikebana vase is one of my very favorite objects ever, a wonderfully unusual, whimsical yet functional sculpture that could inspire and host all sorts of fantastic ikebana arrangements. Only recently did I learn through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks that it was made by Michael Cohen, a studio potter born in Boston in 1936, educated at Mass Art, and currently based in Amherst, Mass, where he continues to have a