Prince and Princess
Date: 2000
Commissioned by: Jongeriuslab
Type: One off
Jongerius was very enthusiastic about the diversity of the collection of the ceramics museum ‘Het Princessehof’ in Leeuwarden. Her choice was for two of the museum’s most highly regarded pieces: a 14th century copper-red vase from China and a 15th century cobalt blue Ming vase, which inspired her to designed her ‘Prince’ and ‘Princess’. Decorative forms such as dragons and flowers on these vases were used to allow for a new pattern of openwork. The designer translates the age-old under-glaze technique by perforating the walls in a specific decorative pattern. She then fills the holes with colored silicon rubber. In this way, the perforated vases are made waterproof.