Head vase - unusual?

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by blooey, Sep 9, 2019.

  1. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Hi - found this head vase the other day, just marked Japan so I suppose foil sticker is missing ..anyone know any info on this one?
     
    blooey, Sep 9, 2019
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    blooey Well-Known Member

    oops forgot photos! :facepalm: head_vase.jpg hbase.jpg
     
    blooey, Sep 9, 2019
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  3. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    Welcome to the forum blooey, I like your head vase:) I looked through The Encyclopedia of Head Vases by Kathleen Cole and didn't see this one, sorry.
     
    cxgirl, Sep 10, 2019
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  4. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    mmm...too bad! Not recorded ...maybe it was only imported into Canada then?
     
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  5. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    She is beautiful, and I didn't find another one. Maybe if you had a picture against a plain background you might have better luck with an image search, but those don't work for me most of the time.
     
    janetpjohn, Sep 10, 2019
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  6. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Good tip Janet, thanks! Can't say I've ever had any success with that technique either ...worth a try though, thanks again!
     
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  7. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    Is anyone else wondering how they got Chrissy Teigen to pose for that?
     
    janetpjohn, Sep 10, 2019
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  8. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Shows how out of it I am, I don't know who she is!:bag:
     
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  9. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    The first thing I thought of when I saw this piece was Blackamoor, but had no luck finding one.
     
    bercrystal, Sep 10, 2019
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  10. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Strikes me as maybe a Japanese stereotype of a Chinese peasant, skin darkened by working in the sun.
     
    Bronwen, Sep 11, 2019
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  11. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Reminded me of that Tretchikoff "Green Girl" painting popular in the 50's ..
     
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  12. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Yet another name I had to look up.
     
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  13. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    In my experience the ones stamped "JAPAN" are a little older than the ones with stickers. Not sure I've seen one with both a stamp and a sticker.
     
    aaroncab, Sep 11, 2019
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  14. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    She was one of the Sports Illustrated models for their swimsuit edition & is married to the singer John Legend.
     
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