A signed Japanese Oribe shallow bowl. Zen landscape decoration of a lone figure in boat with mountain in background and tree over hut in foreground. The decoration in brown wash over crackled opaque white ground with blue-green splashed glaze on two sides of the bowl. A pleasing iridescent-like range of colors from yellow-green to dark-blue as well as iron red are evident in the pleasantly crazed areas of blue-green glaze when inspected closely. Some iron red-brown glaze residue adheres along the girth from the firing and goes nicely to 'wabi'. The opaque white glaze stopping irregularly above the unglazed gray clay foot with similarly irregular wipe of opaque glaze inside the foot. A two character impressed artist's seal appears along the edge of the unglazed area inside the foot. Good condition. Diameter of girth 6 3/4 inches. Diameter of rim just over 5 7/8 inches.

---