{"product_id":"ai-weiwei-2015-notebook-coloured-vases-a5","title":"Ai Weiwei 2015 Notebook, Coloured Vases Cover, A5 with 80 Plain White Pages, New","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eAn A5 notebook by Ai Weiwei from 2015, its cover filled with ancient-looking vessels dipped in bright industrial paint, the image of the artist's Coloured Vases, with eighty blank white pages inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAi Weiwei, born in Beijing in 1957, has spent decades asking what we value and why. In his Coloured Vases he took vessels presented as Neolithic and Han dynasty pots and dipped them in glossy commercial paint, a gesture that is part vandalism, part homage and wholly unforgettable. Seen in a crowd on a gallery floor, the jars become a field of candy colour with history showing through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis notebook carries that field on its cover. Rows of round pots in pink, yellow, cobalt, emerald, white and oxblood stand on a pale ground, some with drips and bare patches where the older surface shows. The softbound cover wraps eighty plain white pages, ready for sketches, notes or lists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is described as bought at a museum in the United Kingdom, new, and opened once only to check the contents. It is a production object, not a signed or numbered edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ai Weiwei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eObject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Notebook, Coloured Vases cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14.5 x 21 cm (5.7 x 8.3 in), A5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80, plain white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softbound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not a numbered edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unsigned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New, opened once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed as new, opened once to check the contents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages unused.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eS (unused, as new)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/es\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered as the Ai Weiwei notebook the page describes; we present that as given. Keep flat and dry, away from direct sunlight to protect the cover colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan with acid-free tissue and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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