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Vase

c.1950-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The heavy copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The rich green enamel ground has a pale green musen design of peonies and leaves. The matt counter-enamel is of yet another shade of green. The inner base, which carries the mark of the Ando Company in silver yusen, is enamelled in the same colour as the ground. The company is still producing very similar work today and clients have the option of choosing between vases with rims and base plates of real silver or chrome-plate.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with flowering peonies in a<i> musen</i> (without wires) design.
Brief description
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with flowering peonies, mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, c.1950-60.
Physical description
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with flowering peonies bearing the mark of the Ando Company. The vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and base-plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm
  • Width: 21cm
Content description
peonies, leaves
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 has a pale green musen design of peonies and leaves. The matt counter-enamel is of yet another shade of green. The inner base, which carries the mark of the Ando Company in silver yusen, is enamelled in the same colour as the ground. The company is still producing very similar work today and clients have the option of choosing between vases with rims and base plates of real silver or chrome-plate.
Bibliographic reference
Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 134.
Other number
ED 315 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.78:1, 2-2011

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2011
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