Dish
c.1890 (made)
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The small copper dish has an applied silver rim and foot-ring. The decoration is of a butterfly in silver and gold yusen enamels on a cream coloured roundel within a border of rings of very small circles. This is surrounded by stylised scrolling chrysanthemums and larch leaves. The outer border of the dish consists of stylised flowers within polychrome enamelled geometric motifs highlighted with areas of chakinseki. The ground is of a mirror-black enamel, and the attention to detail and the quality of the wiring are extremely fine. There is a design by Namikawa for another dish with a central butterfly and surrounding chrysanthemums on pages 187 and 191 of the Kyo Shippo Monyo-shu.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with a butterfly and flowers in silver and gold <i>yusen</i> (with wires) enamels. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel dish decorated with butterflies, flowers and geometric patterns, unsigned but attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, Kyoto, Japan, c.1890. |
| Physical description | Pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with butterflies and flowers bearing the mark of Namikawa Yasuyuki. The dish has a copper body with an applied silver rim and foot-rim. |
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| Content description | butterflies, flowers |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The small copper dish has an applied silver rim and foot-ring. The decoration is of a butterfly in silver and gold yusen enamels on a cream coloured roundel within a border of rings of very small circles. This is surrounded by stylised scrolling chrysanthemums and larch leaves. The outer border of the dish consists of stylised flowers within polychrome enamelled geometric motifs highlighted with areas of chakinseki. The ground is of a mirror-black enamel, and the attention to detail and the quality of the wiring are extremely fine. There is a design by Namikawa for another dish with a central butterfly and surrounding chrysanthemums on pages 187 and 191 of the Kyo Shippo Monyo-shu. |
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| Other number | ED 297 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.63:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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