CURRENTS | GOODS
A 500-Year Bond Reflected in Porcelain
By JULIE LASKY
Published: August 21, 2013
There are many ways to mark a 500-year-old cultural exchange between Portugal and Brazil. Transatlântica tableware from the Portuguese company Vista Alegre does it with cobalt, gold and tiny sea horses and firearms.
Designed by Brunno Jahara, a Brazilian, the porcelain collection calls up the riches and turbulence of colonialism and its aftermath. Daniel Da
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