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Linkasink has reinterpreted a faience vase as a
vessel sink in a vibrant pattern using colors found in the original
piece. Artisans in China hand-throw and hand-paint each sink using
centuries-old traditions. Faience-type pottery was a major advancement
in pottery making because this tin-glazed earthenware (oxide of
tin in the glaze) made pottery suitable for painted decoration.
This sink was inspired by an 1878 faience vase with
under-glaze decoration housed in the Ceramics and Glass Division
of the National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian
Institution. Such pieces were produced from about 1872 through
the beginning of World War I. A number of examples were shown
at the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876. The design of the original
piece may have been inspired by typical Iznik or Ottoman (Turkish)
influences.
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