Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing vintage kids drawing with additional lessons on shading

with additional lessons on shading technique

Quite old I think and beautifully aged

and then also on the backsides

Developed by David Wechsler and individually administered

Great in a grouping

Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing vintage kids drawing with additional lessons on shadingBack 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