Oversized Cloisonné-Style Vase with Hand Painted Bird Motif the underdog print shop The sort of thing that

The sort of thing that makes you stand a touch taller when you put it on

Design: Natural and beautifully crafted

Utterly Fetching Design: The heart motif is neither saccharine nor cynical

As Gandhi rather sensibly put it

Oversized Cloisonné-Style Vase with Hand Painted Bird Motif the underdog print shop The sort of thing thatCloisonn the technique of dividing enamel colours with fine metal wire originated in the ancient Near East and reached its most refined expression in imperial Chinese workshops of the Ming dynasty, where birds among flowering branches became one of its defining subjects. This piece continues that tradition: porcelain, hand painted, 52cm, the azure ground interrupted by the same motifs that once decorated objects made exclusively for the emperor's