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Vase

c.1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The left-hand vase represents day and has a copper body with an applied silver rim, inner neck-ring and base plate. The pale blue-green ground is decorated in silver yusen enamels with purple and white irises and other flowers by a rocks and a stylised swirling stream. There is subtle green shading to the white irises. The right-hand vase depicts a similar scene but this time at night. The copper body on this vase has an applied silver-gilt rim, inner neck-ring and base plate. The design, set against a very dark blue enamel ground, is again of purple and white irises beside rocks and a swirling stream, but here executed in gold yusen. Both vases have within concentric circles on their bases the engraved inscription Dai Nihon Aichi Hayashi saku (Made by Hayashi [Kodenji] of Aichi Prefecture, Great Japan) and the mark of Hayashi Kodenji.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Stand
  • Vase
  • Stand
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
Pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated in silver <i>yusen</i> (with wire) enamels.
Brief description
Pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with irises, mark of Hayashi Kodenji, Nagoya, Japan, c.1910.
Physical description
Pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with irises bearing the mark of Hayashi Kodenji. Each vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim, base-plate and inner neck-ring.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.5cm
  • Width: 13cm
Content description
Irises
Marks and inscriptions
(Mark of Hayashi Kodenji.)
Credit line
Given by Edwin Davies
Summary
The left-hand vase represents day and has a copper body with an applied silver rim, inner neck-ring and base plate. The pale blue-green ground is decorated in silver yusen enamels with purple and white irises and other flowers by a rocks and a stylised swirling stream. There is subtle green shading to the white irises. The right-hand vase depicts a similar scene but this time at night. The copper body on this vase has an applied silver-gilt rim, inner neck-ring and base plate. The design, set against a very dark blue enamel ground, is again of purple and white irises beside rocks and a swirling stream, but here executed in gold yusen. Both vases have within concentric circles on their bases the engraved inscription Dai Nihon Aichi Hayashi saku (Made by Hayashi [Kodenji] of Aichi Prefecture, Great Japan) and the mark of Hayashi Kodenji.
Bibliographic references
  • Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 104.
  • Japanese Cloisonne Enamels. Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. (London: V&A Publishing, 2011). pl. 24.
Other number
ED 288 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.55:1 to 4-2011

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2011
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