Vase
c.1960 (made)
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The heavy copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The rich green enamel ground is decorated with a silver yusen, shosen and musen design of roses in shades of green and white enamel. The wires form part of the outline of the petals, the enamels being subtly shaded to create a three-dimensional effect, which is accentuated by the shadowing around the flowers. The counter-enamel is similar in colour to the ground and has also applied to the foot, where the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company of Nagoya has been applied. The company is still producing very similar work today. Clients can choose between different qualities of enamelling as well as different materials for the rims and base plates.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a silver <i>yusen (with wires)</i>, <i>shosen</i> (few wires) and <i>musen</i> (without wires) design. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with roses, mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, c.1960 or later. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with roses bearing the mark of the Ando Company. The vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and base-plate with jungin (pure silver) mark. |
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| Content description | roses |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Mark of the Ando Company.) |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The heavy copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The rich green enamel ground is decorated with a silver yusen, shosen and musen design of roses in shades of green and white enamel. The wires form part of the outline of the petals, the enamels being subtly shaded to create a three-dimensional effect, which is accentuated by the shadowing around the flowers. The counter-enamel is similar in colour to the ground and has also applied to the foot, where the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company of Nagoya has been applied. The company is still producing very similar work today. Clients can choose between different qualities of enamelling as well as different materials for the rims and base plates. |
| Bibliographic reference | Japanese Cloisonne
Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 113. |
| Other number | ED 296 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.62:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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