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Vase

c.1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The copper-bodied vase has an applied silver-gilt rim and inner neck-ring; the silver base plate has a silver-gilt interior. The vase has a nanako ground, its lower part being decorated with a hammered and engraved design of a pair of carp emerging from pondweed into over-hanging wisteria. The vase has been covered with transparent red enamel in the technique known as akasuke, which is believed to have been invented around 1880 by Ota Jinnoei and Honda Yosaburo. The inner base plate carries the mark and engraved five-character signature Nagoya Hayashi Ko[denji].


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
Cloisonné enamelled vase with a copper body with transparent red enamel.
Brief description
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with carp and wisteria, mark and signature of Hayashi Kodenji, Nagoya, Japan, c.1890
Physical description
Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with carp and wisteria. The vase has a copper body with an applied silver-gilt rim and inner neck plate; the silver base-plate has a silver-gilt interior.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 6.5cm
Content description
carp
Credit line
Given by Edwin Davies
Summary
The copper-bodied vase has an applied silver-gilt rim and inner neck-ring; the silver base plate has a silver-gilt interior. The vase has a nanako ground, its lower part being decorated with a hammered and engraved design of a pair of carp emerging from pondweed into over-hanging wisteria. The vase has been covered with transparent red enamel in the technique known as akasuke, which is believed to have been invented around 1880 by Ota Jinnoei and Honda Yosaburo. The inner base plate carries the mark and engraved five-character signature Nagoya Hayashi Ko[denji].
Bibliographic reference
Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 68
Other number
ED 245 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.28:1, 2-2011

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Record createdFebruary 9, 2011
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