Original handainted high-fire stoneware dish by Chinese brushpainter Tracie Griffith Tso. Perfect for jewelry on your vanity, a charming spoon rest and soap in the guest bath or pedestal sink. Each piece is painted discount freehand individually with brushstrokes of traditional bamboo-handled natural-hair brushes. Fired at 2200°F, this piece is food-, microwave- and dishwasher safe. Traditional harmony seal, or chop, in red, the color of integrity and luck.
Rabbits are symbols of loyalty and gentility. In Eastern folklore they are said to live in the heavenly moon with the Moon Goddess as an immortal, celestial creature. Maple embodies compatibility and companionship. The blossoms, the first to appear after Winter, symbolize strength and stability. The years of the rabbit are 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023.
Seafoam satin glazed exterior. Stamped with artist's name seal on reverse side.
About the artist — Griffith Tso painted her first bamboo brushstrokes at age 12 at a brushpainter's studio in California. She specializes in Chinese spontaneous flower-bird painting and is a Torpedo Factory Art Center Associate artist in Alexandria, Va. The award-winning artist developed her style with a teacher schooled by a Hong Kong master. A native Californian, Griffith Tso teaches and lectures about Chinese brushpainting nationwide. The artist and her husband reside in Reston, Va. along with her workshop rabbit, Cleo. For more information about the artist and her work on high-fire pottery, paper and silk, contact 408-705-2652 inksart [!at] gmail.com and visit inksart.com, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
Product code: Discount Bunny with maple mini oval soap dish spoon rest