Handmade Stoneware Pottery Slip Trail Bamboo Purple Red Glaze Vase - Item 4093 Nonfunctional ceramic sculpture

Nonfunctional ceramic sculpture

Approximately 5” diameter 5” depth

Bumps made by using an old wooden tablespoon held against the outside of a vessel as index finger is pressed from the inside outward

6 lug style handles attached to rim in multiple locations

High-fired Cone10-11 ornate ceramic stoneware pottery skull

Handmade Stoneware Pottery Slip Trail Bamboo Purple Red Glaze Vase - Item 4093 Nonfunctional ceramic sculptureHigh fired Cone10 11 ceramic stoneware pottery vase. High fired to 2350 degrees in a homemade kiln in a gas reduction type atmosphere. Glossy, handmade layers of flowing glazes. Clean finish. High end individually made pieces masterfully thrown on a pottery wheel. Artist signature is represented as a traditional potter's "chop" (hand carved stamped frog). Liquified clay called slip used to trail patterns or designs on the surface of vessels giving