I have a little enameled Chinese or Japanse man from WWII (Dad brought it back from Japan when he was a kid in the navy) that has huge sentimental value to me. (We've never quite figured out whether he's a Chinese man wearing a kimono, or a Chinese artisan's version of a Japanese man.) I would be so brokenhearted in he got broken, even though I have no idea of his monetary value.
I don't like keeping things behind glass or up on high shelves...but I have a cat who goes around whacking objects to the floor for fun, so if it's breakable, it needs to be out of kitty reach.
It's hard, though. Like you, I prefer that the things I enjoy looking at be out and around. We collect a lot of non-breakable art these days and things you put up on walls rather than things you put on tables.
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Date: Thu, Dec. 6th, 2012 06:16 am (UTC)I don't like keeping things behind glass or up on high shelves...but I have a cat who goes around whacking objects to the floor for fun, so if it's breakable, it needs to be out of kitty reach.
It's hard, though. Like you, I prefer that the things I enjoy looking at be out and around. We collect a lot of non-breakable art these days and things you put up on walls rather than things you put on tables.