Doulton Sung Vase by Charles Noke

As well as being a focus for contemplation and meditation these pots are rare objects of desire which we react to on a very sensual plane.

This Doulton 14cm high Sung vase by Charles Noke, dating from the early 1920s, with its ovoid body decorated with splashes of violet and yellow is a pure joy. As John Bartlett explains in his excellent book English Decorative Ceramics "...Noke was further experimenting in flambe (wares) by extending the colour range, sometimes coating the glaze with metalilc oxides".

A true alchemist. Click on the image to enlarge and contemplate the cosmos contained within this tiny vessel.

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