Black Fish Open Top Jar

Black Fish Open Top Jar

Sale price
$498.00
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SKU:
1556
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The Black Fish Open Top Jar is a substantial decorative vessel featuring a dark fish surrounded by curling waves, leafy branches, blossoms, and ornamental borders. Its softly variegated light gray ground gives the detailed imagery a gently aged appearance, while the rounded body, tapered base, and open mouth create a balanced silhouette. Measuring 16 inches high, 13 inches wide, and 13 inches deep, it has enough presence to serve as a standalone focal point without overwhelming surrounding decor. Display it on an entry console, dining room sideboard, living room cabinet, or spacious mantel. The nature-inspired design pairs especially well with traditional interiors, collected furnishings, dark wood tones, and restrained neutral palettes. Style it alone or alongside books and smaller objects to keep the fish motif clearly visible.

Width:
13.00 in
Height:
16.00 in
Depth:
13.00 in
primary color:
Light gray
secondary colors:
Black, Muted olive-gray
pattern motif:
Fish, curling waves, botanical branches, blossoms, and ornamental borders
shape:
Rounded jar with tapered base and open top
visual style:
Traditional, Nature-inspired, Chinoiserie-inspired, Collected
recommended rooms:
Living room, Dining room, Entryway, Home office
recommended placements:
Console table, Sideboard, Display cabinet, Spacious mantel
Illustrative scene of hands shaping a clay vessel on a pottery wheel; not a photograph of a Legend of Asia workshop

Illustrative craft scene Form / Brushwork / Glaze

Behind the form

It begins in the hands.

Before a piece is painted, its shape gives it character: the shoulder of a jar, the edge of a planter, the balance of a vase. The porcelain traditions behind our collection bring together forming, hand-painted detail, glazing, and firing.

A closer look

Notice how the painted line follows the form, and how the glaze catches the light.

Blue-and-white porcelain-base lamp illuminating a contemporary living room

Porcelain, seen in a new light.

At home with porcelain

A place for the details to live.

We like porcelain best when it feels part of everyday life, not set apart from it. A lamp can warm a reading corner; a jar can hold its own on a console. Blue-and-white pattern feels especially at ease beside wood, linen, and a little open space.

A room note

Give a favorite piece some breathing room, then let its color echo somewhere else nearby.

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