Like many Western artists before her, Wedgwood designer Daisy Makeig-Jones was drawn to the arts and design of the Eastern world, and particularly to the region’s mythology and mystic symbolism. This vase’s shimmering green lustre exterior features the Kangxi tianlong, or ‘Celestial Dragon’, as it was called in the Wedgwood factory. In Chinese mythology, the tianlong is an enormous dragon said to hold up the heavens and guard the mansions of the gods. Accompanying the tianlong are flaming Sacred Pearls, which were believed to grant wishes.
Like many Western artists before her, Wedgwood designer Daisy Makeig-Jones was drawn to the arts and design of the Eastern world, and particularly to the region’s mythology and mystic symbolism. This vase’s shimmering green lustre exterior features the Kangxi tianlong, or ‘Celestial Dragon’, as it was called in the Wedgwood factory. In Chinese mythology, the tianlong is an enormous dragon said to hold up the heavens and guard the mansions of the gods. Accompanying the tianlong are flaming Sacred Pearls, which were believed to grant wishes.
Condition
Excellent. Minor gilt rubbing to one of the dragon’s claws.
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References
Una des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: the Work of Daisy-Makeig Jones (New York: Born-Hawes, 1975).
Excellent. Minor gilt rubbing to one of the dragon’s claws.
For a detailed condition report, please contact us.
Una des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: the Work of Daisy-Makeig Jones (New York: Born-Hawes, 1975).
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