Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture Massachusetts that included mid-century furnishings

Massachusetts that included mid-century furnishings and a huge collection of animal-related art and objects from around the world

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Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase bird sculpture Massachusetts that included mid-century furnishingsThis 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