A Chester Nealie celadon vase, a wood fired vase with pale celadon glaze. Applied shells around the exterior of the vase. With miniature lug handles at the shoulders. Maker's marks above the base. Chester Nealie (b. 1942) is a Rotorua born ceramicistwho trained with Shoji Hamada, Takeichi Kawai, and Michael Cardew. His work experiments with the impacts of high temperature prolonged firing using an anagama kiln, height 23.5 cm, depth 12 cm