1960s Otagiri Japan Square Ceramic Vase With Fruit Detail

Offered is a vintage ceramic vase from the Otagiri Mercantile Company, made in Japan in the 1960s. It has a fresh shape, appearing to be 4 slabs leaning against one another to form a square angle. The piece is hand painted, no two will be identical, and the art appears to be a persimmon or mandarin with leaves. The top rim and side edges of the slabs have a thick brush of navy blue for contrast. It measures 7″ tall, 3″ wide, 3″ deep

“Otagiri Mercantile Company, headquartered in San Francisco, was a Japanese-American manufacturer of stoneware ceramics that started in 1946. The stoneware was produced by a small group of artists who hand-painted and glazed an array of forms and decorations.”