OMG...the most expensive pipe I have ever seen!
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Gorgeous art work. The video is excellent. Not made for the Western market, that's for sure. It'll find a great home in Japan would be my guess.
Hmmm...that kind of eastern enamel aesthetic (called cloisonné) is used to great effect in many media, but it looks jarringly out of place here. Perhaps it would feature better on a less traditional shape? Perhaps on the underside of a substantial volcano; an elegant marriage of audacious carving and delicate finish. Less contrast between the motif and the pipe finish would help too - say, the fish figures in outline?
Not my cup of Jasmine Green.
Edit; Warren, you're quite right. I hadn't noticed the video and it is lovely.
Not my cup of Jasmine Green.
Edit; Warren, you're quite right. I hadn't noticed the video and it is lovely.
Well...nothing to carp at...
But couldn't they wipe the fingerprints off the rim before making the video? The best thing about it is the music track.
But couldn't they wipe the fingerprints off the rim before making the video? The best thing about it is the music track.
Seems pricey for some carp....And that's $18,455 for a pipe! In the immortal word of the great American philosopher Bart Simpson, "Aye carramba!" On the upside, this pipe is a value! I can save a whopping $4060 because I live outside the European Co-Prosperity Sphere. But, still, it's carp on a pipe....
Cheers,
Chili
Cheers,
Chili
Al Pascia does that will all their pipes. It's a nice touch.
Al Pascia does that with some of their pipes. My pipes from there have videos as well. It's also a nice touch.
I believe the cup in question contained a green tea. I thought that was also a nice touch :mrgreen:
Maki-e is one of the few purely aesthetic enhancements I would ever be willing to pay for if I had the money.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8jVZ0yCko
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8jVZ0yCko
I love the Japanese lacquer techniques. They will use pure tree gums and crystals to adhere gold foil to the surface and then many layers of transparent stains made from these all natural gums and crystals layered up to create a textured surface. So, it is real gold and these tree gums. It is quite amazing to see such details, and probably not appreciated as much in this world of digital printers and commercial instant poof things.
Yeah, there are some that are tons more, but good grief, seriously?? If some foo-uhl wants it, it's his/her/its money; mine? 'N
nup.
Bill
nup.$18.4K my hind leg! That's going on $22.5K if it's a dime, unless my currency converter is 180-off!
Bill
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