U形花瓶 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	U形花瓶
品名（英）	U-shaped vase
入馆年号	1988年，1988.30
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Minton(s)【1793 至 2001】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1886 - 公元 1889
创作地区
分类	陶瓷-瓷器（Ceramics-Porcelain）
尺寸	整体: 7 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 英寸 (19.4 × 16.2 × 9.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个双花瓶代表了文化的视觉融合：形状源自前哥伦布时期的容器;金色的菊花带来自日本;而明顿可能选择的深蓝色釉料让人想起塞夫尔瓷器。尽管克里斯托弗·德莱瑟（Christopher Dresser）主要从非西方来源获得灵感，但这种折衷的组合是十九世纪下半叶英国装饰艺术的典型代表。原始模型不一定被复制，而是用作设计师的资源，从中可以得出新的设计。1862年，德莱泽出版了《装饰设计的艺术》（The Art of DecorationDesign），其中他指导初出茅庐的设计师："通过培养和精心鼓励，我们可以诱导头脑产生原创作品，装饰品不是来自不聪明的梦想。知识是装饰品的重要源泉——它是春天创造物以其美丽吸引的肥沃土壤，以优美吸引，装饰品的优点将取决于其创造者的知识"（1：42-43）。虽然德莱塞钦佩粘土的塑料质量，更喜欢抛出陶瓷的形状，但他求助于工厂生产的模制器皿，以制造价格合理、设计精良的作品。镀金菊花带的应用是由另一种工业技术产生的，即转移装饰。
介绍（英）	This double vase represents a visual blending of cultures: the shape is derived from pre-Columbian vessels; the bands of gold stylized chrysanthemums are from Japanese sources; and the deep blue glaze, which may have been chosen by Minton, recalls Sèvres porcelain. Although Christopher Dresser takes his cues primarily from non-Western sources, this eclectic mix is typical of English decorative arts in the second half of the nineteenth century. Original models were not necessarily copied but used as a resource for designers from which new designs could be drawn. In 1862, Dresser published The Art of Decorative Design, in which he instructs fledging designers: "[W]e can by cultivation and careful encouragement induce the mind to produce the original, and ornament does not result from an unintelligent dream. Knowledge is the great source of ornament—it is the rich soil from which spring creations that attract by their beauty and delight by their gracefulness, and the merit of the ornament will be dependent upon the knowledge of its originator" (1:42–43). While Dresser admired the plastic quality of clay and preferred the shapes of thrown ceramics, he resorted to factory-produced molded wares in order to manufacture affordable, well-designed pieces. The application of the gilt chrysanthemum band was produced by another industrial technique, that of transfer decoration.