Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture (The Coushatta are a matrilineal

(The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana recognized as a sovereign nation in 1973

matted and framed

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

including the suitor

Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture (The Coushatta are a matrilinealThis 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