Petit Cabinet de Curiosites

Dish with Artichokes and Tulips
Turkey, Iznik
c. 1550–55

Fritware, underglaze painted.2 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost

7 ♥

(via China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen. Foliated Platter (Pan) with the Eight Buddhist Symbols (Bajixiang), Flowers, and Waves. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.)

9 ♥

generalknot:

Vintage Japanese Indigo

721 ♥

(via http://pinterest.com/pin/108790147220078179/)

18 ♥

61 ♥

Design for a tile panel, by William De Morgan

29 ♥

thewoodbetween:

Jardin des Plantes, Paris ~ linocut by Evelyne Bouchard.

61 ♥

66066 ♥

lookafterling:

Wallpaper by William Morris called “Marigold”. This will be in the bedroom of the future house.

16730 ♥

245 ♥

muirgilsdream:

Iran, 1640-1670.

15 ♥

lich-tung:

haruenishikawa:

Blue and White porcelain in China came about as a result of the combination of the Chinese porcelain tradition with the trade in cobalt blue from Persia. Porcelain is a hard white ceramic composed of white-china clay, called kaolin, and refined porcelain stone, or petuntse. When fired together, these materials fuse to create a hard, vitrified ceramic. Blue and White porcelain is the successor to the Chinese Qingbai and Shufu traditions that preceded it, or ceramics with a white glaze and a slightly blue or blue-green tint. To achieve the Blue and White decorative style, cobalt underglaze is applied to the porcelain; it is then covered in clear glaze and fired. Cobalt was used by Persian potters for centuries before its import to China. It was introduced in approximately 1325 A.D. through with Persian merchant communities established along the Chinese coast. Following the introduction of this new, exotic decorative style, the city of Jingdezhen, known as the porcelain capital of China, began producing Blue and White porcelain wares with imported cobalt.
Jingdezhen,China 景徳鎮 1723-1735 The Walters Art Museum
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/40443/plate/

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55 ♥

1831 ♥

beardbriarandrose:

Walter Crane, Pomegranate and Teazle design, 1894

1959 ♥

2951 ♥

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