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Alfred William FINCH

( 1854 - 1930 )

 


Bottle or flask, ca. 1897

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Height:   18  cm

Width:     20  cm 

Ø Neck:    7   cm

Signed under the base:  'AWF'  

Considerable wire cut line left unretouched.

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In the present bottle or flask vase, Finch once again shows the clear influence of Japanese aesthetics on his work. This influence can be found in the special glistering dark brown glaze and the fluent engobe decorations, as well as, and most prominently, in its specific shape. Initially designed in order to be able to pour liquids, such as sake, Finch's modernism takes the object out of its traditional context and into the realm of the decorative arts. Of course, without compromising its utility as a bottle or a flask...

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THOMAS DEPREZ FINE ARTS
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