Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
More designs, all in shades of blue, taken from Owen Jones’ “Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and other Collections,” published in London in 1867.
Plate II, Page 25. Design taken from a vase of blue and white china. Collections of the Library at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/examplesofchines00jone/page/n24/mode/2upPlate III, page 31. Arranged from a blue and white china basin with decoration in the Indian manner. Collections of the Library at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/examplesofchines00jone/page/n25/mode/2upPlate IIII, page 35. Design taken from a large vase. Collections of the Library at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/examplesofchines00jone/page/n27/mode/2up
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