well it's weird Sue, when you have the vase at hand, the cutting and the finish is lovely and the colour gorgeous, but I just hate the shape - it kind of looks to me as though the blower wasn't able to make a straight up vase.
I think the design is bad. Have the colour and the cutting and the facetting, but keep the shape normal, otherwise there's too much going on. Which might be why it looks Chinese (I thought Indian to be honest - it reminds me of those battuto vases that were around a couple of years ago).
It looks like a department store vase, something to add a little 'design' to your newly painted sitting room.
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