Topic: Vase the size of a soccerball???

[flying free]

I would lean towards Chinese but have no proof for you.
 The colouring on it and the slightly oddly done pontil mark and the size all make me think contemporary production from China.  Had it been all one colour I would have also thought India as an option.  To me it looks like a department store piece where a few the same would have been lined up together. 
Is the glass slightly 'greasy' at all btw?  I have a couple of vases that I thought might have been studio pieces originally (and they still might be) but the glass is odd and I now think they might have originated in China.
m

[ttttootall]

The vase is not greasy feeling at all.

[chopin-liszt]

Well remembered, m.
(I'd forgotten this. When I've been studying in TKMaxx I always end up with stinky, greasy-feeling hands. It has to be the last stop on any trip so that I can get home and washed straight away.)

If you (or your seller) washed it, you may need to leave it sitting for a while before the effect develops again. It develops faster in a shut cabinet than on an open shelf.

On top of any "greasy" feel, what does it smell or taste like?
(only taste it after you have sniffed it well. If it smells "industrial vinegary" - don't bother tasting it - it would only be unpleasant.)

[ttttootall]

The post originated Sept. 20, 2011 and the vase was bought several years before then.

[chopin-liszt]

The plot thickens then! I can't swear that these new techniques coming from China are even that old.

[flying free]

There is a company that sells a lot of glass vases and interior things now over here in the UK called Svaja glass.  I think I've seen some of their vases with the browny mottled decoration on them.  I'm not entirely sure where their glass is made though although I've not searched the board and I know there has been some discussion on them on the board.  Do you recognise that brand name?  it's possible they sell elsewhere as well.
The query I have over the vase is the browny decor and the pontil mark - Neither look very studio glass like to me, but as I say, no proof and that's just my first impressions.  I love the battuto effect.  It may be worth you searching under 'battuto' to see if something similar comes up?
m

[chopin-liszt]

Svaja glass is sold in a posh Art Gallery here. It's pretty well made, although I've never been tempted.