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Hello. I have this beautiful little vase and would like to get more information please. There is no label or any markings. Measures 4.5" high. 6.5" wide. Colors are mixed from pink, red, orange, black and white. Upper body is decorated with small white pieces that are mosaic like. Anything that you can tell me about it will be greatly appreciated. Have a wonderful Sunday.

 

What appears to you as mosaic, is a white surface that shrank as it dried, known as "crackle" finish. I'm sorry I can't be more help.

 

This is more then what I knew before. Thanks very much.

 

Branka, this is a beautiful vase. It looks like a studio pottery piece, but I cannot be sure. Could you please show us a photograph of the bottom?

I can tell you about how it was made - with flat side pieces of clay, folded at the top, hand molded together around the long base piece of clay. The "squared off" theme is carried through up into the mouth of the vase. It's exquisite. I don't recognize the maker, but I hope someone here will.

 

Wow. That is amazing technique. Thanks. Here is the photo you asked for.

 

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The bottom is very high quality made too, glazed with clear glaze, just not signed. I get a Japanese shape "feel" to this vase. This may or may not be oriental. No idea.

(I also get a "dogwood" feel to the pink-orange colors on the sides, but this is probably not depictive of anything realistic at all, due to the way the glaze was applied. This is just the way I "feel" about it when I look at it.)

It looks like the sides are thinner than I expected to see. A very skilled potter made this vase. One small area of a barely visible seam mark on it - pretty much "seamless" construction. Not mold-slip made. Just lovely. Thank you for posting it here. Please wait for other opinions, for other members to weigh in here. I only know what I know about clay form - from having made pottery for a couple of years in college, and I am an artist. Other members could be along to comment, so please check back.

 

Thank you very much. I appreciate your feedback and this is great education for me. In some strange way the colors reminds me of cherry blossom, something beautiful, oriental, mysterious, I almost can smell it

 

That is beautiful!

 

Love the color combination!

 

Seems that crackle pottery made in West Germany always have signature. Japanese are sometimes signed or often have label. So this points to Japan as well. Antidiem thanks!

 

The shape very much reminds me of one I had that was an American pottery but of course I cant recall who . That glaze is stunning.

 

that effect is called reticulation

 

Thanks. Cool. Good to know.

 

I don’t know much about pottery glazing but I see that pottery with glazed bottom is preferred and valued more. My guess is that it’s because it takes more time to complete the dish and extra work to glaze the bottom, it’s more pleasing to touch it (I hate plates and coffee pots that are rough on bottom, I think I got rid of most of them). Would you please educate me about uniqueness of pottery with glazed bottom? Thanks