Pottery Pot Green Glaze Gold Speckles

I really cannot tell if and old piece or more recent. No idea of origin either.
Any thoughts?
Thanks

 

Nice looking hand thrown pot. If I had to guess, I would think newer.

 

I like it but wish the glaze adhered better to the bisque. I find it an odd glaze anyway.

 

I'm also going to vote newer - mainly based on the bottom. I've seen a lot of green American pottery but never one with a bottom like that. And you're right about the glaze too - it's not one I've seen in American or European pieces. It IS a shame it didn't adhere better.
Don

 

I don't recall seeing such glaze on Asian pieces either.
Not common for studio pottery to have fully glazed base.
Maybe a hobbyist piece?

 

Perhaps, but there was some skill in throwing it - more than I would expect from a hobbyist. Usually those blanks were mass produced as cheaply as possible. And the glaze is better than I would expect in a hobbyist piece. I would also expect tripod marks. Studio pottery maybe?
Don

 

That's the other thing. I don't see any spur marks. So the bottom was touching the kiln shelf but dis not stuck.
Maybe that crack on the bottom edge can give some clue. Looks like green glaze on top of red clay layer and then again green below? Or I am not seeing it right. And then what is the main clay color, red, gray?

 

I would guess red. On the interior shots it looks like some red is coming through but that could be the photos. I see what you mean about the green/red grey/green - very strange. I suppose they could have glazed it, covered up a dent to the vase and glazed it again? Might explain why that area was vulnerable? I thought I detected a red clay which was another clue to me that it might be Asian. The only two American potteries (mass production) I can think of off-hand that used red clay were Peters & Reed and Frankoma.

 

I would suspect a recent import from China. The Chinese have been making copies of several ceramic styles/periods recently, including many art potteries, early American stoneware, southwest pueblo pottery, and studio pottery, to name just a few. Examples show up frequently in thrift shops (and eBay). Often when it looks very much like a familiar piece, but isn't quite "right," it turns out to be a Chinese copy.

The form itself, the appearance of the clay body where the glaze has blown off, and the fact that the bottom wasn't trimmed, also resemble traditional Chinese storage vessels.

And there may actually be stilt marks there, just a slight turn to the right of 12, 4, and 8 o'clock, right on the edge.

 

It would be physically impossible for a glazed bottom to touch the kiln shelf and not stick when it was fired. No studio potters would glaze the bottom like this.

 

Actually, there are few round marks along the edges. I was just thinking that the support stilts should be a little more away from the edges.
If Chinese reproduction, what did they try to resemble? There own earlier piece? If so, from what period? I don't know about the shape but I have not seen that glaze on Chinese ceramics, unless it is from the very early ages which I am not familiar with.