Beautiful and unique vase. It's really a work of art and appears to be handmade of red clay. The spots you see on the edges where the color is darker is the red clay showing through the white/ivory glaze, giving it a grayish tone in some lighting and white or beige in others. It is in nice condition with most of the flaws having happened before the glaze was applied. I am already mad at myself for selling this because it is just that cool.