Vase
c.1880-85 (made)
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The copper bodies have applied silver rims and base plates, and the inner neck-rings are of silver-gilt. There are small circular geometric patterns in red enamel around the rims and base. The decoration is of two tethered hawks on curtained rails in gold yusen enamels. There is some shaded enamelling on the wing feather tips and to the curtain, which is decorated with a scrolling flower design, and there is a wood-grain effect to the perches. The theme of hawks and other birds of prey was frequently associated with the samurai class and was popular in Japanese art. For example, there is a famous set of twelve bronze hawks on perches exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago by the great metalworker Suzuki Chokichi. The bottoms of the vases are stamped with the two character seal Ota [Jinnoei] within a tripod incense burner (koro) cartouche.
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Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel vases with the two halks in <i>yusen</i> (with wires) technique. Each vase has a copper body with applied silver rims and base-plates while the inner neck-rings are silver-gilt. |
Brief description | Pair of cloisonné enamel vases each decorated with a tethered hawk on a perch, seal of Ota Jinnoei, Nagoya, Japan, c.1880-85. |
Physical description | Pair of cloisonné enamel vases each decorated with a tethered hawk on a perch. Each vase has a copper body with applied silver rims and base-plates while the inner neck-rings are silver-gilt. |
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Content description | hawk, bird |
Marks and inscriptions | (With the seal of Ota Jinnoei) |
Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
Summary | The copper bodies have applied silver rims and base plates, and the inner neck-rings are of silver-gilt. There are small circular geometric patterns in red enamel around the rims and base. The decoration is of two tethered hawks on curtained rails in gold yusen enamels. There is some shaded enamelling on the wing feather tips and to the curtain, which is decorated with a scrolling flower design, and there is a wood-grain effect to the perches. The theme of hawks and other birds of prey was frequently associated with the samurai class and was popular in Japanese art. For example, there is a famous set of twelve bronze hawks on perches exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago by the great metalworker Suzuki Chokichi. The bottoms of the vases are stamped with the two character seal Ota [Jinnoei] within a tripod incense burner (koro) cartouche. |
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Other number | ED 252 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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Accession number | FE.32:1 to 4-2011 |
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Record created | February 9, 2011 |
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