Tea, dear?

From the collection of the Princessehof Museum of Ceramics.

Chinaware Piano

Dutch artist Jelle Mastenbroek combined a porcelain cabinet and a piano, and so created an object for both the eyes and ears. After pushing the button (there in the bottom left corner of the photo) the piano started playing automatically, producing a sound resembling a happy (though maybe somewhat primitive) carillon. It was pretty loud as well so I expected one of the plates to break any minute. But obviously that didn't happen haha :)
Mastenbroek graduated in 2012 from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the discipline Man and Well-Being. This installation was made especially for this exhibition in The Princessehof Nat. Museum of Ceramics.

KLM houses

For a long time, KLM has been giving every passenger flying business class a miniature earthenware Delft Blue house filled with gin. Each house is the likeness of an existing Dutch house. Every year, KLM releases a new miniature around 7 October, on the occasion of its founding date in 1919. Meanwhile, the Delftware houses have become true collectors' items. There are 93 different types, if you'd like to read more click HERE.
The collection above belongs to The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in Leeuwarden, that I visited today. I have never travelled business class so I haven't got any myself :)

Teapots

Keramiekmuseum Princessehof (Princessehof Museum of Ceramics) in Leeuwarden owns a big collection of teapots in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Like the elegant one above, nicely painted and shaped more or less like a handbag..

..and then there's this orange and green duck! :)  The last one is not really 'my' thing though I thought it was special enough to photograph.
Click HERE to see a few more special-shaped teapots that I posted on this blog earlier.

Ascanius

In Keramiekmuseum Het Princesshof in Leeuwarden I photographed this piece of earthenware art by Dutch sculptor and ceramist Adriaan Rees (1957), named 'Ascanius 1'. When I googled on the name I found that in Greek and Roman mythology, Ascanius was the son of a Trojan prince. I have no idea though about its connection with this image or why it is blowing air so intensely!

Special shaped teapots

If you like tea and you would be interested to hear about its history and see all kinds of things that have to do with tea, the current exhibition in the Keramiekmuseum (Ceramics Museum) Princessehof in Leeuwarden is something for you to visit. I went there yesterday and I just loved their collection of teapots! For this post I chose to show you the weirdest (a tank teapot) and the most stylish shape: the handbag teapot..

ceramic art

Dit meer moderne object behoort eveneens tot de collectie van het Keramiekmuseum Princessehof in Leeuwarden: een kleurrijk werk van Nederlands kunstschilder en beeldhouwer Karel Appel (1921-2006). Appel was één van de oprichters van de kunstzinnige CoBrA groep.

This more contemporary object also belongs to the collection of the Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden: a colorful piece of art by Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel (1921-2006). Appel was one of the founders of the CoBrA, an avant-garde movement.

the Ming mystery

Dit zijn een paar foto's die ik gisteren nam van de expositie 'Het mysterie Ming'. Het Keramiekmuseum Princessehof in Leeuwarden toont nu het China van eeuwen geleden en probeert vragen als 'Wat maakt Ming toch zo bijzonder?' en: 'Waarom betaalt iemand miljoenen euro's voor een Mingvaas?' te beantwoorden.

These are a few pictures that I took yesterday during my visit to the exhibition 'The Ming mystery'. The Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden currently shows China like it was centuries ago and tries to answer questions as: 'What makes Ming so special?' and: 'Why would somebody pay millions of euro's for a Ming vase?'

een detail van een schouw

a close up of a mantelpiece

Behalve de Aziatisch collectie is tevens keramiek uit Europa en het Midden-Oosten te zien. Maar er is ook moderne keramische kunst; morgen een voorbeeld.

Besides the Asian collection, there is also a wide range of ceramics from Europe and the Middle East countries. Plus some contemporary ceramic art; I will show you a piece tomorrow.