This gorgeous Raku piece showcases warm creams and teal blues. It is signed on the bottom, though I can't make out the initials... just the number "19" and can see initials or a potter's mark. Beautiful piece of pottery measures approx 7" tall, on a 5.5" base, with a 5" opening/mouth, and is about 7.5" at it's widest part. " Raku wares are molded entirely by hand rather than thrown on a wheel, each piece clearly expresses the individuality of the maker’s hand, and pieces tend to be unique creations. The glaze colours include dark brown, light orange-red, straw colour, green, and creams. The most unusual feature of raku is its technique: instead of warming and maturing the pottery in a cold kiln, glazed ware is placed in a hot kiln for only about one hour and then removed and forced to cool rapidly. The process subjects the pottery to extreme stress and creates unique effects throughout the glaze and, sometimes, in the pottery itself. Reduction firing, in which the hot pottery is placed in a flammable substance to deprive the surface of oxygen, increases the chance aspects and dramatic surface variation of the glaze. Chance and process are the key elements of the raku aesthetic."