These were very colorful and ornate. Unfortunately, they did not fare well in the Loma Preita earthquake. I live very near the epicenter and all of my ceramics were trashed. I picked up the pieces for each one and put them into separate bags to try to assemble later. It was very much like doing 3D jigsaw puzzles. I got them back together, but pieces were missing, as some of them pulverised. The blue vase on the left is my favorite.