Takashi Murakami is the latest artist to collaborate with Dom Pérignon , the Champagne brand owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton .

This time, Murakami has lent his smiling flower motif to recreate two limited-edition bottles — the Dom Pérignon Vintage 2015 and the Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2010.

An “Uber” piece — a made-to-order artwork — will be available for a select few. Hand-sculpted and -painted, it takes the form of a perfect sphere that opens to reveal a secret garden.

The collaboration is launching worldwide on Wednesday.

For Vincent Chaperon, the brand’s chef de cave, the collaboration is meant to perpetuate a dialogue between tradition and invention.

“We see heritage not as something fixed, but as transmission through time,” Chaperon said.

“Through my collabo

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