I'd call this a pier table, but no matter!
I have a slightly different interpretation, more aligned with the wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_fairing
Looks right to me, but wdik?
Agreed! I would love to go to the Art Institute of Chicago one day ...maybe I'll wait till spring though?:coldfeet:
even olive green is all you want to see ..no black
...and I thought it resembled my ex-wife.
@winas this is a Vietnamese vase
@winas So it's actually painted on the carpet, not woven? Did your grandfather have other artwork or things like this?
hey at least it got the water and boat right ..the gal however ....mmmmm...
Blacklight only shows repairs and few people can interpret blacklight results correctly unless the offending area is obvious. BTW I have done...
It's not true craquelure, just the result of a heavy gesso paint layer moving over a slack flexing canvas.
No, it's a genuine Japanese Satsuma vase, but a late slap-dash one. Not the quality you want.
white = gesso undercoat/foundation
Yeah, well maybe this isn't as old as first thought and maybe it hasn't been relined and that bare canvas is the original surface ..still, it's a...
Yes those are the Chinese fakes, very easy to spot and nothing to do with this piece.
there are picasso and miro rugs, google picasso rug ...maybe that's what you have or at least a piece of?
Plus the fact that it's a typical Satsuma bowl too, right? typical shape, typical pottery body, typical crackle glaze, Japanese sailboats
most if not all fairings I've seen are German and porcelain. I have no idea what yours is but it isn't like any Staffordshire pieces I've run...
I think that must be the case, especially as you say there are other erroneous titles in the MMA Wedgwood collection.
yes, my mistake, as you can see, the illustration from the pdf does say MMoA not MoMA, no biggie [IMG] Yes that's it and I think we both agree...
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