Vanity

The theme of this piece isn't very uplifting, but it is a good illustration of the art of its time. This plaque is a copy on porcelain of an anonymous 18th century painting.
The theme of vanity reminds us of the uselessness of various pleasures (here music, gambling, literature, fine dinning...) when faced with death, which is represented by the skull.
This piece had to be fired many times and I worked on it for over 20 hours to replicate the detail of the painting onto the plaque.