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Vase

c.1930-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The soft beige-coloured ground is decorated with gentiana (rindo in Japanese) in silver yusen and shosen enamels with areas of the petals and some of the leaves in low relief moriage. There is elegant shading to the blue and pink of the petals and similar shading to the browns and greens of the leaves and stems. The counter-enamel is of two shades: an overall dull green with dark brown visible just inside the neck. The latter enamel has also been used on the inner base, where the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company has been applied. For another illustration of this vase see Fairley, Japanese Enamels of the Meiji Era, no.55.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated in silver <i>yusen</i> (with wire) and <i>shosen</i> (few wires) enamel.
Brief description
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with gentiana flowers, the mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, c.1930-50.
Physical description
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with gentiana flowers bearing the mark of the Ando Company. The vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and base-plate with a jungin (pure silver) mark.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37cm
  • Width: 18cm
Content description
gentiana, flowers
Marks and inscriptions
(Mark of the Andon Company)
Credit line
Given by Edwin Davies
Summary
The copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The soft beige-coloured ground is decorated with gentiana (rindo in Japanese) in silver yusen and shosen enamels with areas of the petals and some of the leaves in low relief moriage. There is elegant shading to the blue and pink of the petals and similar shading to the browns and greens of the leaves and stems. The counter-enamel is of two shades: an overall dull green with dark brown visible just inside the neck. The latter enamel has also been used on the inner base, where the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company has been applied. For another illustration of this vase see Fairley, Japanese Enamels of the Meiji Era, no.55.
Bibliographic references
  • Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 116.
  • Japanese Cloisonne Enamels Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. (London: V&A Publishing, 2011). pl. 73.
Other number
ED 299 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.65:1, 2-2011

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2011
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