Large Antique Hand Painted Opaque Glass Vase

Antique Japanese quality satsuma hand painted vase having a quality shaped antique Japanese vase with two shaped handles to both sides, hand ...

Beautiful Antique Victorian vase with twin handles and hand painted decoration. Beautiful hand flower decoration to the front and back with lovely colours. Nice pale pink background ...

Pair of mid 19th Century Victorian antique porcelain vases which have black tapering bodies decorated with beautifully painted birds nests, butterflies and flowers in wonderful colou...

Stunning pair of large antique Victorian vases having a quality pair of antique Victorian vases, with a green ground decorated with beautiful f...

Large art nouveau hand painted blown glass vase

This large French porcelain hand painted and gilded vase features two colourful birds perched on branches in a forest setting surrounded by blossoms and coloured leaves, on a pale li...

Large antique Dresden ornamental vase in hand-painted porcelain. Flowers and gold decoration. Rose in relief on the lid. Ca. 1900. Measures: 37.5 x...

Rare and impressive work of sculptural art. Have you ever tried to turn a bundle of clay into a vase? Only then can you really have an idea of how remarkable an antique vase like this is. For this vase is not only handcrafted to perfection, it was then also intricately hand-painted and two temple lion sculptures too had to be handmade and attached to this one of a kind vase. After that the vase would have also been glazed and the temple lions were painted with real gold paint. It would have taken more than one Japanese artisans at least several days to be able to hand-create this antique work of art. And the finished product of their skills and efforts truly is a joy to behold. The hand-painted warriors in their traditional warrior outfits are extremely colorful and detailed and the hand-painted and serene flowers on the back give great balance to the lively and energetic warrior paintings. The gold-painted temple lion handles too give deeper meaning to this, probably, Meiji era vase...