A STRIKING LARGE SCALE 17TH CENTURY JAPANESE IMARI VASE
DECORATED IN RICH COBALT BLUE, IRON RED AND GILT, WITH PANELS OF TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPES, PAGODAS AND DELICATE FLOWERING PLANTS. TOPPED WITH A DOMED COVER AND FINIAL, ITS BOLD COLOURS AND INTRICATE PATTERNS MAKE IT A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF EARLY JAPANESE PORCELAIN, MUCH SOUGHT AFTER BY EUROPEAN COLLECTORS FOR ITS EXOTIC CHARM AND DECORATIVE APPEAL. HERE, PAINSTAKINGLY PIECED BACK TOGETHER USING BOLD, HAND-FORGED METAL STAPLES, RIVETED ACROSS THE CRACKS TO HOLD THE FRAGMENTS FIRMLY IN PLACE. RATHER THAN HIDING THE DAMAGE, THESE HANDSOME REPAIRS TELL A STORY OF TREASURED OBJECTS, VALUED TOO MUCH TO DISCARD, AND ARE A WONDERFULLY EVOCATIVE REMINDER OF LIFE IN THE GREAT ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSES.
H 81CM, 32" X DIAM AT MIDDLE C.50CM, 19 3/4" X DIAM AT BASE 20CM, 7 3/4"
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A STRIKING LARGE SCALE 17TH CENTURY JAPANESE IMARI VASE
DECORATED IN RICH COBALT BLUE, IRON RED AND GILT, WITH PANELS OF TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPES, PAGODAS AND DELICATE FLOWERING PLANTS. TOPPED WITH A DOMED COVER AND FINIAL, ITS BOLD COLOURS AND INTRICATE PATTERNS MAKE IT A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF EARLY JAPANESE PORCELAIN, MUCH SOUGHT AFTER BY EUROPEAN COLLECTORS FOR ITS EXOTIC CHARM AND DECORATIVE APPEAL. HERE, PAINSTAKINGLY PIECED BACK TOGETHER USING BOLD, HAND-FORGED METAL STAPLES, RIVETED ACROSS THE CRACKS TO HOLD THE FRAGMENTS FIRMLY IN PLACE. RATHER THAN HIDING THE DAMAGE, THESE HANDSOME REPAIRS TELL A STORY OF TREASURED OBJECTS, VALUED TOO MUCH TO DISCARD, AND ARE A WONDERFULLY EVOCATIVE REMINDER OF LIFE IN THE GREAT ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSES.
H 81CM, 32" X DIAM AT MIDDLE C.50CM, 19 3/4" X DIAM AT BASE 20CM, 7 3/4"
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