Christopher Dresser
U-shaped vase made by the Minton porcelain factory, 1886 or 1889
Hard-paste porcelain - British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
This double vase represents a visual blending of cultures: the shape is derived from pre-Columbian vessels; the bands of gold stylized chrysanthemums are from Japanese sources; and the deep blue glaze, which may have been chosen by Minton, recalls Sèvres porcelain.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art








