Dish
1890-1910 (made)
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The shape, decoration and colouring of this copper dish closely copy Japanese Nabeshima-style porcelain of the period 1700-1800. The cloisonné decoration consists of ‘fields’ (cloisons) of silver wire filled with coloured enamel on a pure white enamel ground. The rims and foot-ring are of plain burnished copper. The decoration of geometric patterns with key-fret and stylised waves together with scrolling ‘karakusa’ (Chinese grass) foliage are all motifs found on Nabeshima-ware.This type of work is typical of the cloisonné enamels being produced in and around Nagoya in 1880-1900.
In 1871 the Nagoya Cloisonné Company (Nagoya Shippo Kaisha) was established at the village of Toshima, just outside Nagoya. So many cloisonné-manufacturing companies sprang up in and around Toshima that the area became known as Shippo-mura (‘cloisonné village’) or Shippo-cho (‘cloisonné town’). It rapidly became Japan’s main centre of cloisonné production. At their peak the cloisonné manufacturers of Toshima were producing 70 % of all Japanese cloisonné enamels.
In 1871 the Nagoya Cloisonné Company (Nagoya Shippo Kaisha) was established at the village of Toshima, just outside Nagoya. So many cloisonné-manufacturing companies sprang up in and around Toshima that the area became known as Shippo-mura (‘cloisonné village’) or Shippo-cho (‘cloisonné town’). It rapidly became Japan’s main centre of cloisonné production. At their peak the cloisonné manufacturers of Toshima were producing 70 % of all Japanese cloisonné enamels.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Copper body, cloisonné enamel decoration |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel dish imitating Nabeshima-style porcelain. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné enamel dish imitating Nabeshima-style porcelain. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence |
| Summary | The shape, decoration and colouring of this copper dish closely copy Japanese Nabeshima-style porcelain of the period 1700-1800. The cloisonné decoration consists of ‘fields’ (cloisons) of silver wire filled with coloured enamel on a pure white enamel ground. The rims and foot-ring are of plain burnished copper. The decoration of geometric patterns with key-fret and stylised waves together with scrolling ‘karakusa’ (Chinese grass) foliage are all motifs found on Nabeshima-ware.This type of work is typical of the cloisonné enamels being produced in and around Nagoya in 1880-1900. In 1871 the Nagoya Cloisonné Company (Nagoya Shippo Kaisha) was established at the village of Toshima, just outside Nagoya. So many cloisonné-manufacturing companies sprang up in and around Toshima that the area became known as Shippo-mura (‘cloisonné village’) or Shippo-cho (‘cloisonné town’). It rapidly became Japan’s main centre of cloisonné production. At their peak the cloisonné manufacturers of Toshima were producing 70 % of all Japanese cloisonné enamels. |
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| Accession number | M.208-1917 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2006 |
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