Long-neck vase with poured lava decoration
Richard-Ginori
This long-necked vase features the decoration called ‘a lava colata’, which was experimented with by the Manifattura di Doccia in the early 20th century under the direction of Luigi Tazzini. The marbled effect in yellow, brown, grey, and gold is the partly random result of a process in which the glaze is poured down the surface, creating soft drips of color.
This technique is inspired by examples made by French ceramicists at the end of the 19th century, who in turn were influenced by works of Japanese artists. Its success is largely due to the unpredictable outcomes of glaze dripping, which until then had been considered a serious manufacturing defect, but here is valued as ornamentation.
The Ginori Museum preserves another specimen decorated with the same method, but in blue and gold tones (inv. 1979).
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This long-necked vase features the decoration called ‘a lava colata’, which was experimented with by the Manifattura di Doccia in the early 20th century under the direction of Luigi Tazzini. The marbled effect in yellow, brown, grey, and gold is the partly random result of a process in which the glaze is poured down the surface, creating soft drips of color.
This technique is inspired by examples made by French ceramicists at the end of the 19th century, who in turn were influenced by works of Japanese artists. Its success is largely due to the unpredictable outcomes of glaze dripping, which until then had been considered a serious manufacturing defect, but here is valued as ornamentation.
The Ginori Museum preserves another specimen decorated with the same method, but in blue and gold tones (inv. 1979).
