Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing quilt design and the processes for making

and the processes for making them all feel so very modern

I love that this little old bull was really made with "no bull" - just a silhouette cut out from a piece of wood

made all the better by lots off scrapes and wear

Very good vintage condition overall and structurally very sound with some scattered lost/split stitches as pictured

with a reddish stain

Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing quilt design and the processes for makingBack in the day, Otagiri, Japan made some pretty good pieces, like this one I think, which I first took as a two piece studio pottery vessel (it is in fact all one piece) and which has a sort of a mid century scandanavian feel to me. Nice weight, good earthy feel, with a deeply ribbed body that caused the pretty marbling of the drippy glazing. Perfect for one stem and I think would be the exact right vase for one small flowering branch or, even