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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 2613856, member: 45&quot;]I would agree, it&#039;s a small brazier, or stove, for cooking.&nbsp; Many ethnic groups, especially in Asia, made similar pieces, which were especially useful where there wasn&#039;t an abundance of fuel.&nbsp; For awhile I actually collected them, and had some from the Philippines, Thailand, China, and Indonesia, since there is an amazing variety of styles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would doubt if it is glazed, however.&nbsp; It appears to be a single-fired micaceous clay piece.&nbsp; The little &quot;gold&quot; flecks are mica.&nbsp; The spots that show up on what I assume is the bottom, are from inclusions in the clay, and pop out during the original firing, common on locally dug clay that hasn&#039;t been processed to exclude them.&nbsp; The darker areas commonly occur when the clay is fired outdoors in a pit firing or bonfire, and are a permanent part of the fired pot, sometimes referred to as a &quot;firecloud.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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