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Nippon Art Nouveau Vase, Spider & Birds RARE #2315350

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Nippon Art Nouveau Vase, Spider & Birds RARE #2315350
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Words cannot describe how beautiful this vase is, but I will try. It stands 9 inches high, and has 2 beaded & floral moriage handles in Art Nouveau style. The background color is a pale celery green shading to pink. It is encircled with what I imagine is a screen or gate in darker green fading to smokey rose in back, defined with green moriage. As if the screen is torn, there is an open space, which the spider has filled with its web, rendered in white, very delicate moriage. The spider is 3-dimensional, intricately painted, showing its tiny exoskeleton. A heavy white relief moriage bird perches on top of the screen with an outspread wing. Every feather is trimmed in beading moriage. Below this bird, another similarly crafted bird looks down at the spider. It is leaning down over the face of the screen, but its tail is behind the screen, painted. The crowning glory is the thrid bird, whose tail extends in front of the top bird in high relief, while his breast and head peek down behind the screen, painted only (no moriage on this part) also watching the spider. Finally, there are clusters of pink hydrangia here and there, conveying the sense of a garden scene. As to condition: I note 1 small (1/8 inch) area on the back where the green beading and paint are nicked off, a very faint surface scratch near the top not noticeable without close examination, and some cracks in the heavy moriage of the birds. Please see photo close up. There are 3 tiny pinpricks under the glaze. Though ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Late 1800s-Early 1900s</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:9</td></tr>



<tr><td>Title:Nippon Art Nouveau Vase, Spider & Birds RARE</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Plainwell, MI</td></tr>
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