Collecting Woman Head Vases
A big Chinese export baluster form tankard painted in underglaze blue with floral decoration, Qianlong, circa 1760.
After working at Grooteburg (1) with Paul Dressler and Margaret Pilger, the place they collectively developed a particular set of thick lustre coloration glazes (inexperienced and red on black), which makes their work tough to distinguish when not signed, Richard Uhlemeyer (1) set up a studio in Hannover, in1953, the place he continued utilizing the identical distinctive luster glaze on pots, which range from classical to sculptural, just like the ‘free kind’ vase within the exhibition, set in dialogue with a studio porcelain vase by Marianne de Trey.
Cameo woman head vases are made differently from the top vases of outdated. For one factor, they’ve a glass tube inserted into their heads so flowers can safely be displayed, preventing harm to the pinnacle vase. They are additionally made from bonded porcelain, which is …
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