Vase (one of a pair)

Minton(s)|Christopher Dresser

ca. 1872–80 · Earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The shape of these vases copies that of a Japanese bronze, and the decoration is drawn from both Chinese and Japanese sources. The painted motifs on these vases are executed in a style intended to resemble cloisonné enamels in which the colored enamels are outlined in gold. These vases reflect one aspect of Dresser’s deep interest in Japanese art, which informed his work in regard to both shapes and decorative schemes.

Artist

Minton(s)|Christopher Dresser

Date

ca. 1872–80

Medium

Earthenware

Culture

British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2015