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Sthlmbonsai

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So I bought a fairly larch pot 38x25x10cm.
Not sure if it’s a cheap Chinese pot or something else. I like the look of it nonetheless. Let me know if you have any idea or recognize it.

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rockm

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I'd bet this is a locally made Swedish pot. It's not Asian, (Chinese or Japanese )artwork is wrong for either place. The motifs used look very Nordic to me.

Clay is "wrong" and overall construction is not similar to anything I've seen from China or Japan.
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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The arrangement of drainage holes, and the shape of the pot remind me of some "low end" cast or molded Chinese or Taiwanese pots. Not a high quality clay and the original model for the shape of the pot was from an era before the emphasis on good drainage. The painted glaze does not look like anything I have seen, not Chinese, not Japanese. RockM may be exactly right. It could be a product of one of those "come in and paint your own" hobby ceramic classes. Who knows.

Assume this pot will not survive freeze-thaw cycling. Use it only for tropical or sub-tropical trees where it will not get frozen.

There is nothing wrong with using it, if you like the look under one of your trees, or as a pot to hold a mixed planting, like a kusamono. Nothing wrong with it. It may be an uncommon pot, but it is unlikely to be a valuable pot.

Put something gaudy in it, Chrysanthemum, or a shrub rose, or something that blooms with bold colors to counteract the bold glaze.
 

Sthlmbonsai

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Thanks,
I find it hard to believe it’s a locally made pot since there has never been a bonsai scene worth mentioning in Sweden. Leaning more towards low end cast or mold from Asia. The size of it was the biggest surprise and reason why I got it honestly. Great advice Leo with what to plant in it. I’ll keep that in mind for sure.
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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Gardenia would work well in that pot. The rich green of the gardenia foliage, and the gaudy white and fragrant flowers, Should look nice.
It is a big pot.
For a few years I had black bamboo in a green glazed CHinese pot that was too bulky for most of my trees.
 

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As rockm said...the clay is "wrong" to be Asian. I'd bet on it. Simply everything is "wrong" to be Asian. Before you plant anything, it needs more and larger holes. Carefully, with a diamond hole bit in water.
 
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