"Dragon Dance" - 1994
"Dragon Dance"
#258 - 1994
Light Blue
1.9 D x 1.0 H inches
A dragonfly swarm dances swiftly over water in the evening time. It is a scene that lives on in my memory.
This is a manju style netsuke, and has a deer antler closure. This little functional insert was one of the first times I used carving materials other than clay. The glow that emanated from the polished antler so intrigued me that within a year of this experience, I had left porcelain carving to begin carving wood and other materials.
(Dragon Dance appeared in Ornament Magazine: “Janel Jacobson. Stirring The Dawn”, Carolyn L.E. Benesh, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Spring 1997) Twentieth Anniversary Issue, p. 42-47, cover photo and feature story)
This piece appeared in the Inaugural Renwick Invitational Exhibition, 2000 at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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I would like to explain the pricing of the vintage carved porcelain presented here. When the carved porcelain pieces were completed their prices were assigned. Now that two to three decades have passed, their original prices are outdated. I used a Department Of Labor inflation calculator to determine what the original prices would be in current dollars. The last calculations were done in 2017 for the current pricing, and for some created an unreasonable price. I have modified the prices which still acknowledge their vintage and collectible status.
Hand-carving the small sculptural porcelain pieces took careful and time-consuming effort. The more complex and detailed sculptural pieces have higher prices that are directly related to the amount of time that it took to reach a quality completion.
"Dragon Dance"
#258 - 1994
Light Blue
1.9 D x 1.0 H inches
A dragonfly swarm dances swiftly over water in the evening time. It is a scene that lives on in my memory.
This is a manju style netsuke, and has a deer antler closure. This little functional insert was one of the first times I used carving materials other than clay. The glow that emanated from the polished antler so intrigued me that within a year of this experience, I had left porcelain carving to begin carving wood and other materials.
(Dragon Dance appeared in Ornament Magazine: “Janel Jacobson. Stirring The Dawn”, Carolyn L.E. Benesh, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Spring 1997) Twentieth Anniversary Issue, p. 42-47, cover photo and feature story)
This piece appeared in the Inaugural Renwick Invitational Exhibition, 2000 at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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I would like to explain the pricing of the vintage carved porcelain presented here. When the carved porcelain pieces were completed their prices were assigned. Now that two to three decades have passed, their original prices are outdated. I used a Department Of Labor inflation calculator to determine what the original prices would be in current dollars. The last calculations were done in 2017 for the current pricing, and for some created an unreasonable price. I have modified the prices which still acknowledge their vintage and collectible status.
Hand-carving the small sculptural porcelain pieces took careful and time-consuming effort. The more complex and detailed sculptural pieces have higher prices that are directly related to the amount of time that it took to reach a quality completion.
"Dragon Dance"
#258 - 1994
Light Blue
1.9 D x 1.0 H inches
A dragonfly swarm dances swiftly over water in the evening time. It is a scene that lives on in my memory.
This is a manju style netsuke, and has a deer antler closure. This little functional insert was one of the first times I used carving materials other than clay. The glow that emanated from the polished antler so intrigued me that within a year of this experience, I had left porcelain carving to begin carving wood and other materials.
(Dragon Dance appeared in Ornament Magazine: “Janel Jacobson. Stirring The Dawn”, Carolyn L.E. Benesh, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Spring 1997) Twentieth Anniversary Issue, p. 42-47, cover photo and feature story)
This piece appeared in the Inaugural Renwick Invitational Exhibition, 2000 at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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I would like to explain the pricing of the vintage carved porcelain presented here. When the carved porcelain pieces were completed their prices were assigned. Now that two to three decades have passed, their original prices are outdated. I used a Department Of Labor inflation calculator to determine what the original prices would be in current dollars. The last calculations were done in 2017 for the current pricing, and for some created an unreasonable price. I have modified the prices which still acknowledge their vintage and collectible status.
Hand-carving the small sculptural porcelain pieces took careful and time-consuming effort. The more complex and detailed sculptural pieces have higher prices that are directly related to the amount of time that it took to reach a quality completion.