Selling this beautiful small Satsuma style moriage hand painted small vase which is in excellent condition. Stamped FOREIGN.
Satsuma is a Japanese pottery with a distinctive creamy beige crackled glaze. ... Almost all Satsuma found today was made after 1860, especially during the Meiji Period, 1868-1912.
Moriage is a special type of raised decoration used on some Japanese pottery. Sometimes pieces of clay were shaped by hand and applied to the item; sometimes the clay was squeezed from a tube in the way we apply cake frosting. One type of moriage is called Dragonware by collectors.
It measures 9.5cm high and 6cm wide.