Dish
c.1910-20 (made)
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The dish has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver base plate. There is a central silver yusen enamel design of a mythical Ho-o (phoenix) in shades of green, blue, red and white enamels. The Ho-o is surrounded by a stylised floral and leaf pattern. The sides of the dish are decorated with abstract yusen geometric patterning within two narrow white enamel bands. The ground of the dish is a dull green enamel colour. The inner base plate has the mark of the Inaba Cloisonné Company, the third generation head of which has proposed a date of 1910-1920 (private communication with Mr Inaba Katsumi).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonne enamel dish with a central design completed in <i>yusen</i> (with wires technique). |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel dish decorated with flowers and Ho-o bird, mark of the Inaba Company, Kyoto, Japan, c.1910-20. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné enamel dish decorated with flowers and Ho-o bird, mark of the Inaba Company. This dish has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver base plate. |
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| Content description | floral, Ho-o, phoenix |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Mark of the Inaba Company.) |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Production | Dating supplied in private correspondence with Mr Inaba Katsumi (Inaba III). |
| Summary | The dish has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver base plate. There is a central silver yusen enamel design of a mythical Ho-o (phoenix) in shades of green, blue, red and white enamels. The Ho-o is surrounded by a stylised floral and leaf pattern. The sides of the dish are decorated with abstract yusen geometric patterning within two narrow white enamel bands. The ground of the dish is a dull green enamel colour. The inner base plate has the mark of the Inaba Cloisonné Company, the third generation head of which has proposed a date of 1910-1920 (private communication with Mr Inaba Katsumi). |
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| Other number | ED 261 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.38:1 to 3-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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