Jumbo hammered vase or urn

This floor vase is a whopping 24" tall and 15" diameter. Bought from a dealer who said it came from an estate where the people were well traveled, particularly to the far East. It doesn't strike me as the typical Middle East or Indian wares we see. Believe it is brass despite looking kind of coppery in patina. Reminds me a bit of early 20th century arts and crafts period work from Austria or Germany, though the workmanship is not as fine. The handles and base are applied and soldered. There is a raised dimple in the center of the bottom so likely spun before hammering. There are no seams in the body at all. Have not found anything quite like it. Any ideas or leads?

 

It does have a European arts and crafts vibe,but like you,darned if I could find anything remotely like it.Its a gorgeous piece nonetheless.

 

Thanks for looking. Much of what I am finding of this size is either much more crude or much more fine. Closest I found in shape was Russian but the workmanship was better and just not similar enough to say they were close in origin. Kind of thought it might be Egyptian but am finding nothing quite like it.

This one will be a keeper for me so it is not crucial that I identify it. Just would be nice to know.

 

The Arts & Crafts styles in continental Europe were often inspired by the east, especially the Arab world and Egypt. This could be one of their pieces.

 

Not sure of what it all means but the maker had some good metalworking machinery at his disposal. Best instance of that is the precisely-formed base, looking at the pic of underside (thanks Brad for excellent photos!). The very tight angles and regularity of the base requires some fairly heavy-duty beading, rolling, and/or pressing machinery-you won't get that from son no. 9 wielding a ball-pein hammer in the family tent-shop. The regularity of the small depressions all over probably indicates use of a pneumatic hammer (many blows per second when a foot-pedal is pressed) but the piece may have been rotated by hand under that machine. The beading at top, bottom, and neck is very neat and precise, done in a beading roller. It is a very nice piece and I haven't seen one like it.

 

Thanks Spring. That is kind of what I thought. Made with some machining and hammered afterwards.