Portuguese terracotta vase, blue

A pale blue mottle glazed terracotta bottle shaped vase. Hand shaped, glazed, and finished by the artisans of Maria Terracota in Porto de Mós, central Portugal, and a family company that traces its ceramic producing roots back to 1900 when the eponymous Maria, ancestor and ceramicist, first started producing the terracotta earthenware upon which the modern shapes and production methods remain based. Approximately 12cm diameter by 21.5cm high.