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Subject:Re: Help Identify Vase and Markings
Posted By: Bill H Mon, Dec 10, 2018
Slip decoration isn't the same process as slip-casting, but another way of applying a motif to the exterior of a ceramic vase using a thick form of glaze to achieve a tactile raised pattern. In Japan, the process is called "Moriage". Your vase may well have been turned.
Also, transfer decoration, in particular blue & white, is usually found under the glaze. The link shows a Japanese Yamatoku dish with underglaze blue decoration and one of its two marks made by a blue transfer. Note how the blue in the mark has a "flow" about it. This is the basis of the term "Flow Blue", associated early on with the English "Willow" pattern, based on the Chinese "Nanking" design. BTW, the British invented the process for transfer-printing of ceramics in the late 18th century. The Dutch soon picked it up from the Brits and passed it along in short order to their trading partners in Japan, where the process is now considered to be an art form.
Best regards,
Bill H.
URL Title :Yamatoku
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