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    Posted 6 years ago

    racer4four
    (619 items)

    I think this vase has been made by Kitaichi Glass from the island of Sapporo in Japan. The company started as a lamp making enterprise over 100 years ago, and now makes a wide variety of art glass.
    The intense colours of the ground of this vase make it glow, and to me the orange tones are so very Japanese. The glass has been cased and the surface etched to satin, with the graphic sitting in gloss relief.
    Initially I thought the work on this vase was a form of fine cameo, but now I think it has been enameled with the design.
    It's quite large at 23cm high, and heavy, around 3kg.

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    Comments

    1. Caperkid, 6 years ago
      Really beautiful vase!
    2. jscott0363 jscott0363, 6 years ago
      Oh wow!! This is fantastic Karen!! I also love dragonflies.
    3. Newfld Newfld, 6 years ago
      Gorgeous serene image of a lovely dragonfly amid soft wispy flowers & leaves on the glowing orange background
    4. TassieDevil TassieDevil, 6 years ago
      This is a lovely vase Karen and I bet your 1st photo would look excellent in a frame!!:)
    5. kyratango kyratango, 6 years ago
      Lovely, striking Bzz Bzz vase, Karen!
    6. Mrstyndall Mrstyndall, 6 years ago
      Sooooo gorgeous!!
    7. Anik Anik, 6 years ago
      Now that's a positively beautiful piece. Really goreous!
    8. Anik Anik, 6 years ago
      oopsy... I meant 'gorgeous' and not goreous... :/
    9. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      This is quite special, you find some of the most amazing glass, Very Japanese and of the high quality of your collection, Karen. Superb !~
    10. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 6 years ago
      What detail!! Is that a tiny inch-worm on the end of a twig about to become a dragonfly meal?
      So beautiful!
    11. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 6 years ago
      very beautiful! reminds me of that orange satsuma i've seen and loved.
    12. racer4four racer4four, 6 years ago
      Thanks so much for the love and exclamations everyone. I wasn't sure how this would go over, but sure looks like a thumbs up!.
      Many thanks:
      Roy
      Scott
      Thomas
      Jenni
      Jude
      Pascale
      MrsT
      Anik
      Watchsearcher and
      Pete
    13. racer4four racer4four, 6 years ago
      Thanks Ken :)
    14. MALKEY MALKEY, 6 years ago
      fabilus dramatic yet calming a magical piece karen
      all the very best malkey
      xxxxxxxx
      1412
    15. SEAN68 SEAN68, 5 years ago
      STUNNING!!
    16. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 5 years ago
      Hey woman!!! how you be??? Here's my dragonfly again. Love it to pieces, oooo, not so sure I should have said that with it being glass... careful now ;)
    17. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 5 years ago
      We keep missing each other!!!
    18. Findings, 4 years ago
      sweet...
    19. rhineisfine rhineisfine, 2 years ago
      Wow!!! I like this dragonfly exploring the autumnal grasses. It looks as though it's suspended in space - and yet the grasses imply so much wind motion. A lovely design. I wonder if this is intended to depict an akatombo (red dragonfly), which are seen more in early autumn, and therefore associated with that season rather than summer; the orange/red background might be an echo of the insect's colour, in that case.
      (It's true, isn't it - orange is found quite a lot in Japanese art! I used to dislike orange until I started seeing it featured so often there, especially in obi brocades. Now I quite like it ;)
    20. racer4four racer4four, 2 years ago
      Thanks for visiting this post and commenting RiF, this vase is currently packed away and I had forgotten how gorgeous it is!
      Nice info on the dragonfly. I love how even modern Japanese art focuses so much on nature, and in such a creative and almost reverential way.

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