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Sunday 4 September 2016

'Bushido delft', cobalt on porcelain paintings

Ann-Marie Tully, Bushido delft III. Porcelain, cobalt,. 230mm diameter.

Ann-Marie Tully, Bushido delft II. Porcelain, cobalt,. 230mm diameter.


Ann-Marie Tully, Bushido delft I. Porcelain, cobalt,. 230mm diameter.
















































































































The term 'Bushidō', refers to the Samurai code of chivalry, literally meaning 'the way of the warrior’. These delft-style porcelain discs break with the ceramic blue-ware tradition of ‘easy' decorative subject matter, employing more challenging cultural subject matter: in this instance that of Samurai warriors and 'Onna-bugeisha' [female samurai].

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