Sea Sculpture

 Sea Sculpture, Vietnam , 1725

Victoria & Albert Museum 

Porcelain pieces fused together by fire with encrusted with shell and coral growths 

 

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The baker with his fiancée

Genredarstellung eines Bäckers am Teigtrog (rechts) und seiner Verlobten beim Verkauf (links). Beischrift: „Johann Georg Kieß Beckenmeister – Regina Hugin – 1804“. Die Nachnamen zeigen, dass es sich nicht um ein Ehepaar handelt. Meist waren solche Kannen Hochzeits- oder Verlobungsgeschenke (ergänzter Henkel)

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Watch-stand

Watch-stand in the house of a Kashubian sailor's family of Rewa

The Rival

Ceramic figure from a Danish captain's household in Seeland

Porcelains of Fribourg Collection

koiro ginsai ichimatsumon shiho sumikiri sara

Ginsai refers to the silver patches and ichimatsumon is the checked pattern, while the last three names refer to the shape: shiho means square, sumikiri refers to the cut corners and sara means plate. Sumikiri is usually a feature of lacquer trays.
Hayashi's works bearing the koiro label. It basically means incense-colored, or light beige. Koiro was popular during the Heian Period and among Buddhist priests ranks second only to purple for color used in clothing.

Mamiko Hayashi's porcelain

L'elegance de la cafetière

Swedish porcelain coffee sets by Stig Lindberg, 60's

Prostřený stůl a jeho dějiny

Kotíková Zuzana
Orbis Praha 1949

cover by Bohumil Trita
photos by Dagmar Hochova, Illek and Paul