Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture The deep brown glaze that

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

I found it at a terrific estate sale in Concord

matted and framed

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 deep brown glaze thatThis 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