Birds and open blossoms circle this Legend of Asia orchid pot in fine cobalt line work, a porcelain planter drawn in the manner of imperial period wares. The blue white ground throws green foliage into relief, and the bird motif sits high on the body where leaves and trailing stems will not hide it. Hand shaped and hand painted in a small town in southern China long known as the capital of ceramics, each pot is finished with a high fire that seals the glaze into a dense body that will not weep onto wood. Compact and neatly balanced, this small planter is a plant pot scaled for desks, sills and side tables, suiting a single orchid or a group of succulents, and it moves easily from garden decor on a covered step to chinoiserie decor indoors.
