This Saint-Cloud vase balances Chinese cobalt blue with Italian grotesque swans and serpents coiled around its slender form. Its hybrid ornament suggests porcelain as a crossroads of global taste—how might the swan’s outstretched wings guide the eye upward?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.63

Very late to the party, but if anyone in London (UK) is at a loose end tomorrow, then there are some top-notch craftspeople involved in this day of demonstrations as part of London Craft Week:

https://londoncraftweek.com/events/restoration-revival-elevation-of-the-hand-crafted-surface/

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Delicate white porcelain swells into a bulbous form, its surface alive with raised acanthus leaves and tiny blossoms. This vase once held more than scent—it distilled myth into material, turning whispers of buried lobster shells into fragile luxury. Where do the perforations hide among the carved abundance?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.360.1