Go and see it in the British Museum; it is a far more moving subject than any jewelled bauble or elegant vase.

"I like the snapdragons in the elegant vase because it's whimsical," she said.

Steerpike brushed an elegant green vase from the mantel with his elbow, which had the effect he had anticipated.

In his hands these lowly objects are transformed into ingenious, elegant vases.

And as more shape becomes evident, you say, oh, yes, it's a tall, elegant vase, and you try to move it toward the potential it has.

We came upon an exceptionally elegant Athenian vase from the fifth century B.C., and he stopped short.

For Jean-Claude pure white orchids in a simple but elegant black vase.

His grave goods are far richer, with ritual vessels, and elegant vase with a multicolored design, obsidian arrowheads, and a musical instrument called an omexicahuaztli.

Visitors can also view the elegant vases, impeccable ivories, portraits of long-ago Roman emperors, marbles and busts, gems and jewelry in this museum.

Western raku can be anything from an elegant vase, to an eccentric abstract sculpture.