Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing tenerife island this brooch is bold but

this brooch is bold but refined

there you have it

A very tiny bump to the upper left corner

now certainly a work of art

Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing tenerife island this brooch is bold butBack 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