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Vase (detail), porcelain with Nuka Glaze over Hamada Rust, fired to cone 10 oxidation. While this is not a true oil spot hare’s fur glaze, it produces a similar pattern, and is often referred to as hare’s fur for this reason.

This article was originally published in the May 2011 issue of Ceramics Monthly.

 
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