Is this here Vase from Germany

Miz Vav here. Look what I found. Is it one of them fat valvas? Thank you and Miz Cindy for the pictures

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in a word

no

looks like a wood fired studio pot

Could it be a Chinese character?

Everythin here from china got a sticky paper tag that say "made in china" Not marks like dat thing

The stoneware body looks like the clay used in Shigaraki, Japan. It could well have been made there, elsewhere in Japan or even in the States, as there are a large number of potters influenced by that kind of work in your country.

Sorry that I don't recognise the mark but the vase has been thrown by an individual potter and, as Dan suggested, been fired in a wood fired kiln. The vase would have been unglazed and the deposit on the surface is the ash from the wood that was burnt in the kiln.

Thank you very much cause Mr Dan make ist sound like iffin it aint his it jist plain ole junk

Some people might think it is plain old junk but it is much better than that and far better on every level than the mass produced stuff made in those West German factories.

The only shame is that I suspect that I am not going to be able to identify the potter but I'll keep it in mind and who knows I might come across something else by him.

Look this here Japaniese one got the same three dots on da bottom. Jist like you said
http://www.artisticnippon.com/product/oribe/kato_yoshihei/shino_yunomi.html

Miz Vav here got her gals lookin fo her. Vitra said to tell you its 6" and 1 1/2 pounds its a heavy ole thing too fo sompthin little

Wood fired pots would often be thrown heavy to withstand the high temperature achieved in a wood fired kiln and the long firing period. A typical firing would be two to three days but sometimes six or more days in very large kilns. That means putting wood in around the clock, with much beer consumption.

I assume the dots you refer to are the small pieces of rock (largely felspar) that are found and left in the clay. Many of these will melt or blow in the kiln giving the white dots that can be seen on this yunomi (tea cup) from Shigaraki below: -



Made by Hajimu Kato

I assume the dots you refer to are the small pieces of rock (largely felspar) that are found and left in the clay.

I think he means the stilt marks - the round shadows on the base left by the stilts.

NaomiM wrote:

I assume the dots you refer to are the small pieces of rock (largely felspar) that are found and left in the clay.

I think he means the stilt marks - the round shadows on the base left by the stilts.

Yeesm it's got three on the bottom like this

Yes that's so the bottom of the vase doesn't stick to the kiln shelf - the stilts keep a gap between the vase and the shelf. They will be just lumps of clay as seen below in the kiln of a Belgian potter, Linda de Nil, that I know. You will also notice in her kiln that there is clay between pots to stop them sticking together. This view is before firing.



Note: Click on image to enlarge.

I clicked on image and am still the same size , PS why doesn't Linda get a bigger Kiln ?

big ed wrote:I clicked on image and am still the same size...

If you click on it after Christmas you will find you are noticably bigger.

big ed wrote:PS why doesn't Linda get a bigger Kiln ?

The first picture was just the top of the picture below but I imagine the kiln size is limited by the strength of Belgian beer - too big and you'll fall asleep during the firing and ruin everything.

Ah , Great pic SP, that's a kiln , I do like her work as well

The picture was taken by Julie Feyaerts but I'm sure she won't mind me posting it here.

NaomiM wrote:

I assume the dots you refer to are the small pieces of rock (largely felspar) that are found and left in the clay.

I think he means the stilt marks - the round shadows on the base left by the stilts.

Potters can use wadding to prevent the work from fusing to the kiln shelf.
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/firing-techniques/salt-firing/way-easy-wadding-a-great-tip-for-wood-salt-and-soda-firing-potters/