The Garden Serenade Stein

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The Garden Serenade Stein

Dating back approximately 12,000 years, the history of Japanese ceramics, heavily influenced by Chinese and Korean masters, is one of artistry in combination with practicality. Renowned the world over and much copied, the work of Japanese artisans not only bespeak millennia of tradition, culture, and knowledge, but an excellence achievable only when those most basic of elements—earth and fire—are fused, formed, and fashioned by the skilled hands of wisdom and experience.

This lovely ceramic stein portrays, via raised patterns, a Japanese couple standing side-by-side in, what one may presume to be, their garden.

The blending of the bold and vibrant with the subdued shades, tones, and hues of pastels results in a work that is both striking and serene. The colors sharply contrast, yet, achieve a balance, a concordance, that attracts the eye and, thereby, the imagination to the scene that the artist has so tenderly rendered.1

Upon viewing the artist's depiction, one might well envisage that it was a history, not unlike the one which follows, that served to inspire our gifted artisan's imagination.

“Compassed by the splendor of God's creation and moved by a heart suffused with the love and adoration of she who bides at his side, a Japanese gentleman, knowing that the leaden monotones of discourse—however infused with passion—will fail to convey the heat of that fire by which he is consumed, the variegated colors of its flames, and the depth of his devotion, blends heart and harmony with the singular hope that soul may be granted, if but momentarily, the gift of speech.”

Condition: Excellent

Price: $25.00 USD

Specifications: 1

Quantity Available:	One
Date of Creation:	Unknown
Creator:	Unknown
Country:	Japan
Height:	6 1/2 inches
Diameter of Base:	3 3/4 inches
Diameter at Widest Point:	5 inches
Stein Composition:	Fine Grain Stoneware
Capacity:	24 fluid ounces
Weight:	1 lb. .6 ozs.
Shipping:	Complimentary when shipped to a destination within the USA
Notes:	The photographic representations of the "The Garden Serenade Stein," which are displayed in various locations throughout this site, were effected by means of a FujiFilm FinePix 2800 Zoom digital camera with a resolution setting of 640 x 480 pixels. Although we craved and, therefore, experimented with higher resolutions, the resulting page load times proved insufferable to all but the most resolute of our visitors.
Footnotes:	1We have, to the utmost of our abilities, endeavored to ensure that all descriptions, depictions, representations, and measurements are honest, accurate, and unabridged. Utilizing fully the resources and equipment available to us, extensive and exhaustive research has been conducted on each object listed. While we cannot guarantee that absolute precision has been attained, we certify, with neither hesitation nor reservation, that our very best efforts have been expended in an attempt to realize this paradigm.

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