Studio bowl geometric pattern like Mary Rich - possibly Japanese or Mexico

by **benwilliams** Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:26 pm

I know I’ve seen this mark before. Small bowl 11 cm across, not sure if patten is incised or wax resist? Clear mark to base. Please help with ID and glaze decorating techniques.

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by **NaomiM** Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:29 pm

Looks like a Japanese kanji mark

by **benwilliams** Sat Feb 02, 2019 6:33 pm

Does the rest of the bowl look Japanese?

by **NaomiM** Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:34 pm

The shape looks Japanese but their decoration is very traditional and this one doesn’t look like a traditional piece, so possibly by a Japanese influenced western studio pottery but I don’t recognise the mark

by **NaomiM** Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:33 pm

or possibly a Japanese piece made for the Western market

by **studio-pots** Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:04 pm

I agree with all of the things that Naomi has said. It might be possible for me to narrow it down, if I could hold it, to being Japanese, which I think is most likely. However, I am not familiar with the style or the mark.