shown on ceramic, 12-inch tilePeople's Republic of China

at the mouth of the Yangtze, on both banks of the Huangpu

Shanghai

Name: Shanghai — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— the city the century turned toward.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“The Huangpu River cuts the city in two. On the west bank, the Bund — a curved row of 1920s stone facades the colour of old paper. On the east bank, Pudong: the Oriental Pearl, the Jin Mao, the Shanghai Tower stacked along the skyline like a chart of the last thirty years. At night the river runs black between them and the ferries keep crossing. From the studio.

from the studio

— bring it home

Shanghai, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Shanghai

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Shanghai sits on the East China Sea at the mouth of the Yangtze, in the Yangtze Delta. The municipality holds around 25 million residents, making it one of the most populous cities on Earth. The Huangpu River, a tidal tributary of the Yangtze, runs through the centre and divides the older Puxi side, west of the river, from Pudong, the new financial district built up since 1990 on the eastern bank.

— informed by Wikipedia

— the stone

The Bund is a 1.5-kilometre waterfront on the west bank of the Huangpu, lined with 52 buildings in Beaux-Arts, neoclassical and art-deco styles raised between roughly 1880 and 1937. Across the river, the Shanghai Tower, completed in 2015, rises to 632 metres, making it the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world. The Yu Garden in the old city dates to 1559.

— informed by Wikipedia — The Bund

— the visit

The two riversides are joined by ferries and by a pedestrian sightseeing tunnel beneath the Huangpu. The Bund promenade is open day and night and is busiest at dusk, when the Pudong towers light up. South of the Bund, the Old City and Yu Garden hold the densest pre-1900 street pattern in the city. West of the Bund, the former French Concession's plane-tree streets remain the quietest walking quarter.

— informed by Wikipedia — Shanghai Tower

— where

China · Shanghai Municipality

— position

31.2304° N · 121.4737° E

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

at the lake

The Bund

waterfront

2 km SW

Yu Garden

classical garden

1 km E

Shanghai Tower

skyscraper

Shanghai

The Bund

Yu Garden

Shanghai Tower

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Shanghai — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

On the East China Sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River, on China's central coast. It is a direct-administered municipality and the country's largest city by population, with about 25 million residents.

The Huangpu River, a tidal tributary of the Yangtze. Puxi, the older city, lies west of the river; Pudong, the financial district built up since 1990, lies east.

A 1.5-kilometre waterfront on the west bank of the Huangpu, lined with 52 buildings in Beaux-Arts, neoclassical and art-deco styles built mainly between 1880 and 1937.

632 metres, completed in 2015 in the Lujiazui financial district of Pudong. It is the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world after the Burj Khalifa.

A classical Chinese garden in the Old City of Shanghai, first laid out in 1559 during the Ming dynasty. It covers about two hectares and is one of the city's oldest preserved sites.

Late October through early December, and late March through May. Summers are hot and humid; July and August include the East Asian rainy season and occasional typhoons coming up the coast.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for customers who lived or worked in Shanghai and for families connected to the city through trade, study, or service. A Medium or Large carries the river-and-skyline composition well.

The deep blue and lit-window palette sits well with Modern Asian, Jewel-tone Maximalist, and dark Library rooms. It also reads cleanly against pale plaster in a Minimalist Asian setting.

Yes. The piece offers a contemporary skyline rather than a classical motif, which suits Modern Asian and Japandi-adjacent rooms looking for one piece of place-specific art.

Above a console, a single Large. Above a standard three-seat sofa, a 4-tile Mural or a 9-tile Mural gives the long horizontal of the Bund the breadth it asks for.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes are scratch-resistant and made for vertical installation on backsplashes, shower walls, and powder-room features.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, beneath a thin glossy finish, so it will not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original studio work, hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license outside images.

— if this one stayed with you