Behind the scenes
Each 'Coloured Vase' sculpture is handcrafted using a highly skilled, artisanal metal-spinning process.Time-limited edition
Edition of 172Production of the edition begins when the release closes, with vases sent to collectors in the order they purchased
Dispatch starts in December 2025 and finishes in April 2026
This new limited edition vase sculpture sees Ai Weiwei reimagine one of his most iconic mediums.
Weiwei has long engaged with ancient Chinese pottery as a means of cultural and political critique – most famously in his 1995 work Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, in which he let a 2,000-year-old ceremonial vase crash to the floor. Since then, the object has become a prominent and recurring medium in the artist's prolific oeuvre, from branding ancient pots with consumerist symbols like the Coca-Cola logo, to dripping Neolithic objects in household paint. Coloured Vase (Gold) continues Weiwei's rich ceramic legacy, blending ancient craft and modern-day iconography to question how cultural value is both constructed and commodified.
This sculpture edition is produced using a highly skilled metal spinning process. This is our second vase edition with Ai Weiwei, following Glass Vase released in 2023.
