{"id":5792,"date":"2012-01-12T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2012-01-12T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T20:14:07","slug":"miniature-vase-to-scent-bottle-transformation-c-1700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=5792","title":{"rendered":"Miniature vase to scent bottle transformation, c.1700"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Kangxi period (1662-1722) miniature porcelain vase, decorated in blue underglaze floral design. Costly miniatures such as this were collected by adults and were not necessarily made for children, although they are still commonly referred to as doll&#8217;s house miniatures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5794\" title=\"IMG_8113\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8113.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8113-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the neck broke off, an\u00a0unmarked chased silver neck with chain &amp; stopper was added, most likely in Amsterdam, sometime in the early to mid 1800s, turning the vase into a scent bottle. This is my favorite type of inventive repair; one where an object&#8217;s original function is altered and transformed into another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5796\" title=\"IMG_8115\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8115.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8115-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scent bottle stands a mere 3-1\/4&#8243; tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5797\" title=\"IMG_8116\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please check out my other doll&#8217;s house\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=167\">miniature vases<\/a> from the same period showing similar striking transformations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5799\" title=\"IMG_8119\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8119.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8119-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This miniature vase, with nearly\u00a0identical form and decoration,\u00a0shows the original form with an intact neck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8118\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Kangxi period (1662-1722) miniature porcelain vase, decorated in blue underglaze floral design. Costly miniatures such as this were collected by adults and were not necessarily made for children, although they are still commonly referred to as doll&#8217;s house miniatures. After the neck broke off, an\u00a0unmarked chased silver neck with chain &amp; stopper was added, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15,7,77,16,17],"class_list":["post-5792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vase","tag-blue-white","tag-chinese","tag-metal-lid","tag-porcelain","tag-silver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5792"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6050,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions\/6050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}