Royal Worcester Soft Paste Ivory Porcelain Vase with Japanese form and decoration c1870’s.
The four sided twin handle vase with front panel depicting a butterfly hovering over a flowering plant, painted in rich colours of green, brown, purple, pink, blue, black and dull red, details picked out in gold.
Japonisme pieces were popular with the supporters of the Aesthetic Movement during late 19th Century. Japanese bronzes, ivories and prints, purchased by RW Binns in Europe, inspired the Worcester craftsmen who did not slavishly copy, but adapted ideas for the English market. Minton also produced a series of vases inspired by cloisonné ware and William Godwin designed furniture influenced by Japanese pieces.