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Title: Heavy Cased Vase With Orange & Yellow Speckles
Post by: Pinkspoons on November 15, 2012, 07:07:52 PM

It's ringing distant bells for me - but clearly not loudly enough.

A very heavy angular vase comprising a transparent amber core with fine opaque orange and yellow speckles covering the entire external surface, thickly cased in a faintly green-tinted clear glass. Smoothly ground matt base with little obvious wear.

11cm tall, 18cm wide, and a sturdy 2.1kg in weight - which allays any modern Chinese fears I may have about the ground base.

Title: Re: Heavy Cased Vase With Orange & Yellow Speckles
Post by: Mosquito on November 16, 2012, 04:09:34 AM

Iwata Glass, Tokyo, maybe?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Japanese-Art-Glass-Vase-Iwata-Tokyo-Japan-NR-/380498385469?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item5897789a3d

Title: Re: Heavy Cased Vase With Orange & Yellow Speckles
Post by: Pinkspoons on November 16, 2012, 02:15:15 PM

Similar shape and weight, but the base treatments are different and the Japanese vase seems to have a much more complex design.

Still, it's an avenue to explore - thanks.  :)